The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.

  • -- Blaise Pascal 巴斯卡

一个人的美德的力量不应该由他的特别努力来衡量,而应该由他的习惯性行为来衡量。

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The scariest thought in the world is that someday I'll wake up and realize I've been sleepwalking through my life: underappreciating the people I love, making the same hurtful mistakes over and over, a slave to neuroses, fear, and the habitual.

世界上最可怕的想法是,有一天我会醒来,发现自己一直在梦游:低估我爱的人,一遍又一遍地犯同样伤人的错误,成为神经病、恐惧和习惯性行为的奴隶。

It seems difficult, sometimes, to believe that there was a time when sentiments now become habitual, sentiments that imply not only the original imperative of conduct, but the original metaphysic of living, were by no means altogether habitual.

有时,我们似乎很难相信,在过去的某个时期,情感已成为习惯,这种习惯不仅包含着行为的原始规定性,而且还包含着生活的原始形而上学。

You had no right to be born; for you make no use of life. Instead of living for, in, and with yourself, as a reasonable being ought, you seek only to fasten your feebleness on some other person's strength.

你没有出生的权利;因为你没有利用生命。作为一个理性的人,你不是为自己而活,为自己而活,为自己而活,为自己而活,你只是想把你的软弱依附在别人的力量上。

The lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and i am helped; therefore my heart exults, and with my song i shall thank him.

耶和华是我的力量,我的盾牌。我的心倚靠他,他就帮助我。所以我心里欢畅,我要用诗歌感谢他。

The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.

文明的力量不是由它的战争能力来衡量的,而是由它防止战争的能力来衡量的。

Success is measured in months for me. When my health fails, it will fail quickly. Tumors grow on an exponential curve.

对我来说,成功是用几个月来衡量的。当我的健康状况恶化时,它会迅速恶化。肿瘤呈指数曲线增长。