In the last analysis, the individual person is responsible for living his own life and for "finding himself." If he persists in shifting his responsibility to somebody else, he fails to find out the meaning of his own existence.

  • -- Thomas Merton 托马斯·默顿

归根到底,个人要对自己的生活负责,对“发现自己”负责。如果他坚持把自己的责任转移给别人,他就不能发现自己存在的意义。

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Since, however, the reduced surplus value is to be distributed among them in like manner, the modification of their respective parts in the production of surplus value must find expression in a modification of the prices.

但是,由于减少的剩余价值要以同样的方式在它们之间分配,它们在剩余价值生产中各自部分的修改必须在价格的修改中得到体现。

My analysis was directed toward purely physical conditions, such as defective wiring, presence of lack of air spaces between metal flues and woodwork, etc., and the results were presented in these terms.

我的分析是针对纯粹的物理条件,如线路有缺陷,金属烟道和木制品之间缺乏空隙等,结果用这些术语表示。

For me, love is not about froufrou New Age-ism. It's about a way of living and honoring the interconnectedness of life and accepting our responsibility and our power to change the world for the better.

对我来说,爱情不是关于弗洛弗洛的新时代主义。它是一种生活方式,是一种尊重生命相互联系的方式,是一种接受我们的责任和力量,让世界变得更美好的方式。

The author takes the position that the consumer pays the tax, and as such every individual of the social order should be given unlimited opportunity to make the most of himself.

作者认为,纳税的是消费者,因此社会秩序中的每一个个体都应该得到无限的机会来充分利用自己。

Think as you work, for in the final analysis, your worth to your company comes not only in solving problems, but also in anticipating them.

边工作边思考,因为归根结底,你对公司的价值不仅在于解决问题,还在于预见问题。

Well, you've got certain obstacles that get in your way throughout your career, but you have to be a strong individual.

在你的职业生涯中,你会遇到一些障碍,但你必须成为一个坚强的人。

Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.

资本家没有自我牺牲的能力,正如一个人没有自力更生的能力一样。

Responsibility is the admission that you have a role in this game called life.

责任是承认你在这个叫做生活的游戏中有一个角色。

If my films make one more person miserable, I'll feel I have done my job.

如果我的电影让更多的人感到痛苦,我会觉得我已经完成了我的工作。

There are other things we have to find before we find each other.

在我们找到彼此之前,我们还必须找到其他的东西。

Peace is its own reward.

和平本身就是奖赏。

I'm not an urban person.

我不是城里人。