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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If the Lord says to give more than you think you are able to give, know that He will provide for you. Whether things are sailing smoothly or the bottom has dropped out, He is always trustworthy. You can count on Almighty God to keep His everlasting Word.

如果主说要给你比你认为你能给的更多,要知道他会给你更多。不管事情进展顺利,还是已经触底,他总是值得信赖的。你可以指望全能的上帝遵守他永恒的话语。

He lives out in Orchard Park. I mean, to be able to sit on the bench so patiently, for whatever part, and to be able to get up and do something, with such heroic competencies would be great.

他住在果园公园外面。我的意思是,能够如此耐心地坐在替补席上,不管做什么,能够站起来做点什么,拥有如此英勇的能力将是伟大的。

And to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest and best, though true, is useless. Whose opinion is to decide who are the wisest and best?

说社会应该由最聪明、最优秀的人的意见来统治,虽然这是真的,但毫无用处。谁的意见决定谁是最聪明和最好的?

The Masters is a very important tournament. You don't want to jeopardize your chances. The sponsors understand that.

大师赛是一场非常重要的比赛。你不想毁了你的机会。赞助商明白这一点。

I hated every minute of training, but I said, "Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion."

我讨厌每一分钟的训练,但我说:“不要放弃。现在就受苦吧,以冠军的身份度过余生。”

This kind of forgetting does not erase memory, it lays the emotion surrounding the memory to rest.

这种遗忘并没有抹去记忆,它只是把围绕记忆的情感沉淀下来。

If NASCAR racing gets any more exciting, I may not be able to stand it

如果纳斯卡比赛变得更刺激,我可能无法忍受

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。

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

教育是一个逐步发现自己无知的过程。

Nothing is so useless as a general maxim.

没有什么比一句格言更没用的了。

My life is not important here.

我的生命在这里并不重要。