There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

  • -- Edith Wharton 伊迪丝·沃顿

传播光明有两种方式:做一支蜡烛或一面镜子。

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Even private persons in due season, with discretion and temper, may reprove others, whom they observe to commit sin, or follow bad courses, out of charitable design, and with hope to reclaim them.

即使是个人,到了适当的时候,如果他观察到别人犯了罪,或循着坏的道路行了善事,希望能改过自新,他也会谨慎而有节制地责备他们。

In those parts of the world where learning and science has prevailed, miracles have ceased; but in those parts of it as are barbarous and ignorant, miracles are still in vogue.

在世界上那些学习和科学占主导地位的地方,奇迹已经停止;但在那些野蛮无知的地方,奇迹仍然流行。

Maybe learning to be human was about learning to live in pain, not trying to figure out how to live pain-free.

也许学会做人就是要学会在痛苦中生活,而不是试着去弄清楚如何无痛地生活。

My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument.

我爸爸喜欢黑人歌手。所以听着新奥尔良的音乐,我最终想要演奏一种乐器。

Keep your eyes on the future, because that's where the answers are. It's where the hope is.

关注未来,因为答案就在那里。这才是希望所在。

When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.

当人们说话时,完全倾听。大多数人从不倾听。