He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

  • -- Jim Elliot 伊利奥特

为了得到不能失去的东西而付出不能保留的东西的人不是傻瓜。

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I have a certain sensibility that I bring to my writing that comes from knowing two things: what I as a reader like to read, and what as a writer I am capable of. I know my own limits. I know there are things I cannot do.

我对写作有一种特定的情感,它来自于我知道两件事:作为一个读者,我喜欢读什么;作为一个作家,我能做什么。我知道自己的极限。我知道有些事我做不到。

Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.

信心……繁荣的基础是诚实、荣誉、神圣的义务、忠诚的保护和无私的表现。没有他们,它就不能生存。

You can’t make silly people stay away from you; all you can do is staying away from them.

你不能让愚蠢的人远离你;你能做的就是远离他们。

Neither give cherries to pigs nor advice to a fool.

不要给猪樱桃,也不要给傻瓜忠告。