As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.

  • -- Benjamin Franklin 本杰明富兰克林

正如我们必须解释每一个无聊的话一样,我们也必须解释每一个无聊的沉默。

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One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor. To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do. The crossed arms work, the clasped hands act. The eyes upturned to Heaven are an act of creation.

一个人不是因为专心而无所事事。有看得见的劳动,也有看不见的劳动。思即苦干,思即行。双臂交叉起作用,双手合十起作用。仰望天堂是一种创造的行为。

These years in silence and reflection made me stronger and reminded me that acceptance has to come from within and that this kind of truth gives me the power to conquer emotions I didn't even know existed.

这些年来,在沉默和反思中,我变得更加坚强,并提醒我,接受必须来自内心,而这种真理给了我征服我甚至不知道存在的情感的力量。

The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.

容器里的水闪闪发光;海里的水是黑的。小真理有清晰的文字;伟大的真理有伟大的沉默。

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

除了赤道,一切都始于某处。

Whether you think you can, or think you can't. You're right.

无论你认为你能,还是认为你不能。你是对的。

It is idle to await unanimity.

等待全体一致意见是徒劳的。