Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.

  • -- Florence Nightingale 佛罗伦萨南丁格尔

如果没有人对自己所拥有的感到不满,这个世界将永远不会变得更好。

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I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all.

我不禁担心,人们可能会把每一种新理论都看成是一种危险,把每一项创新都看成是一种辛苦的麻烦,把每一项社会进步都看成是走向革命的第一步,而他们可能会完全拒绝前进。

The most cowardly thing in the world is blaming mistakes upon the umpires. Too many managers strut around on the field trying to manage the umpires instead of their teams.

世界上最懦弱的事情就是把错误归咎于裁判。太多的教练在球场上昂首阔步,试图管理裁判而不是他们的球队。

It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws.

用最好的法律来改善我们的物质条件是困难的,但用坏的法律来破坏它却很容易。

The most talented writer in the world is life itself and my books are alternative scenarios of what I read in it.

世界上最有才华的作家是生活本身,我的书是我在生活中所读到的另一种情景。

There is no better news, than the fact that Jesus can actually turn a life upside down and save it.

没有比这更好的消息了,耶稣可以把一个生命颠倒过来拯救它。

When I reach the point that I write Yesterday, then I can retire.

当我达到我昨天写的那一点时,我就可以退休了。