A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender.

  • -- Thomas Browne 托马斯·布朗

一个人可能像拥有一座城市一样拥有真理,但却被迫投降。

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One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.

一个人的知识只局限于书本,而他的财富却掌握在别人的手中,当需要知识或财富时,他既不能使用知识,也不能使用财富。

Meditation is a surrender. It is not a demand. It is not forcing existence your way. It is relaxing into the way existence wants you to be. It is a let-go.

冥想是一种降服。这不是需求。它不是强迫你以你的方式存在。它是放松进入存在想要你成为的样子。这是一个放手。

No family should have to depend on the labor of its children to put food on the table and no person should be forced to work in captivity.

任何家庭都不应依靠其子女的劳动来维持生计,也不应强迫任何人在囚禁中工作。

Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this world of his is emphatically the place of hope.

恰当地说,人是基于希望的,除了希望,他别无所有;他的这个世界充满了希望。

I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop.

我发现自己和大自然母亲在比赛,在她强迫我停下来之前,我要尽可能多地打棒球。

No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.

除无条件立即投降外,没有其他条件。我建议立即着手你的工作。