The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our conduct.

  • -- Paul Ricoeur 保罗·利科

道德律要求我们把世界上可能达到的最高善作为我们一切行为的最终目标。

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Never forget that the purpose for which a man lives is the improvement of the man himself, so that he may go out of this world having, in his great sphere or his small one, done some little good for his fellow creatures and labored a little to diminish the sin and sorrow that are in the world.

不要忘记一个人的生活的目的是改善人类自身,所以,他可能离开这个世界,在他伟大的球或小,做一些有利于他的生物和有点困难减少世界上的罪恶和悲伤。

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because some day in life you will have been all of these.

人生能走多远,取决于你对年轻人的温柔,对老年人的同情,对奋斗者的同情,对弱者和强者的宽容。因为总有一天你会成为这一切。

I made a lot of good friends in Philadelphia and the last thing that I would want to do is dog anyone in that clubhouse. If I made it sound like that, it was a mistake.

我在费城交了很多好朋友,我最不愿意做的事就是跟踪俱乐部里的任何人。如果我这样说,那就是个错误。

What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then and there happen to like, and immorality is what they dislike.

在任何特定的时间或地点,道德是什么?这是当时和当时大多数人碰巧喜欢的,不道德是他们不喜欢的。

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

没有什么比百万富翁容忍他们的财富的缺点的坚韧更令人钦佩的了。

The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it.

真正圣人的信条是充分利用生活,并充分利用生活。

Who to himself is law, no law doth need, offends no law, and is a king indeed.

他自己就是法律,没有法律需要,也没有触犯法律,他确实是一个国王。

For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.

对于每一个没有自由生活的人,我们其他人都必须面对罪恶。

When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.

当道德与利润发生冲突时,利润很少会损失。

My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.

我的国家就是世界,我的信仰就是行善。

Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege.

不要把给予看作是一种责任,而是一种特权。

The law often allows what honor forbids.

法律允许而荣誉禁止。