True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.

  • -- Heinrich Heine 海因里希·海因

真正的雄辩在于说一切必要的话,而不在于说什么,而在于说什么是必要的。

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Seek first to understand, then to be understood.Most people do not listen with the intent to understand: they listen with the intent to reply. They’re filtering everything through their own paradigms, reading their autobiography into other people’s lives.

先寻求理解,再寻求被理解。大多数人倾听的目的不是为了理解,而是为了回应。他们通过自己的范例来过滤一切,把自己的自传读给别人听。

Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.

我们的语言明智地感受到了独处的两面性。它创造了“孤独”这个词来表达孤独的痛苦。它创造了“孤独”这个词来表达独处的荣耀。

The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.

我们与他人和自己沟通的方式最终决定了我们的生活质量。

Faith is more basic than language or theology.

信仰比语言或神学更基本。