True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.

  • -- Emanuel Swedenborg 史威登堡

真正的慈善是希望对他人有用而不考虑回报。

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Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession.

在艺术和科学上,没有什么比对勤奋、战利品和财产的渴望更少的了。

We all have to stand by our life's work as the true test of what we have done for the world.

我们都必须坚持我们一生的工作,作为对我们为世界所做贡献的真正考验。

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.

没有什么比温柔更坚强,也没有什么比真正的力量更温柔。

Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself.

看哪,我不是在讲学,也不是在施舍,我施舍的时候,就是在施舍自己。

In the street, the gaze of desire is furtive or menacing.

在街上,欲望的目光是偷偷摸摸的,或带有威胁性的。

Charity is a very labour-intensive virtue.

慈善是一种劳动密集型的美德。