It is in deep solitude that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brothers. The more solitary I am the more affection I have for them…. Solitude and silence teach me to love my brothers for what they are, not for what they say.

  • -- Thomas Merton 托马斯·默顿

只有在深深的孤独中,我才能找到真正爱我的兄弟们的温柔。我越孤独,就越爱他们……孤独和沉默教会我爱我的兄弟,因为他们是谁,而不是他们说什么。

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Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.

多年前,我认识到我与所有生物都有亲缘关系,我下定决心,我不比地球上最卑贱的人强一点点。我当时说过,现在也说过,只要有下层阶级,我就在其中;只要有犯罪的成分,我也有;只要有一个灵魂在监狱里,我就没有自由。

Do not allow yourself to be imprisoned by any affection. Keep your solitude. The day, if it ever comes, when you are given true affection there will be no opposition between interior solitude and friendship, quite the reverse. It is even by this infallible sign that you will recognize it.

不要让自己被任何感情所束缚。保持你的孤独。如果真有那么一天,当你得到真爱的时候,你内心的孤独和友谊之间就不会有对立,反之亦然。即使是这个绝对正确的信号,你也会认出它来。

Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.

妈妈是我最伟大的老师,一位充满同情、爱心和无畏的老师。如果爱像花一样甜美,那么我的母亲就是那朵甜美的爱之花。

Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.

孤独珍视伟大的美德,摧毁渺小的美德。

There are silences harder to take back than words.

有些沉默比言语更难收回。

The most boring thing in the world? Silence.

世界上最无聊的事是什么?沉默。