What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are not only useless, but disastrous.

  • -- Thomas Merton 托马斯·默顿

如果我们不能越过分隔我们和我们自己的深渊,那么驶向月球又有什么好处呢?这是所有发现之旅中最重要的一次,没有它,其他所有的航行不仅毫无用处,而且是灾难性的。

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Well, it's still another two-day competition, so it's really important to show that you're ready. Every meet is really important right now. You've got to keep showing you can hit.

嗯,这又是一个为期两天的比赛,所以展示你准备好了非常重要。现在每次见面都很重要。你必须不断证明你能击中目标。

There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility.

有很多关于如何快速廉价地摆脱困境的建议。他们中的大多数归结起来就是:否认你的责任。

To see the world for a moment as something rich and strange is the private reward of many a discovery.

把世界暂时看作是丰富而奇特的东西,是许多发现的私人回报。

It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.

与其把一个想法带回家与你共度余生,不如把它付诸实践。

I'm at the point in my career where to be a winner is more important than any individual things.

在我的职业生涯中,成为一个赢家比任何个人的事情都重要。

A jade stone is useless before it is processed; a man is good-for-nothing until he is educated.

玉石在加工前是无用的;一个人不受教育就一无是处。

I was able to promote a strong defense budget when it could have been cut a lot more severely.

我能够推动一个强大的国防预算,而它本来可以被削减得更严重。

We need to be able to go to school and feel safe and accepted for who we are.

我们需要能够上学,能够感到安全,能够接受真实的自己。

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

如果一个人不知道要驶向哪个港口,那就没有顺风。

All great discoveries are made by opening up the changing room door.

所有伟大的发现都是通过打开更衣室的门来实现的。

They have a right to censure that have a heart to help.

他们有权谴责那些有心帮助他们的人。