I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

  • -- Elie Wiesel 埃利·维瑟尔

我发誓,无论何时何地,只要有人忍受痛苦和羞辱,我绝不保持沉默。我们必须始终站在任何一方。中立帮助压迫者,而不是受害者。沉默鼓励受折磨的人,而不是受折磨的人。

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I know that if I'd had to go and take an exam for acting, I wouldn't have got anywhere. You don't take exams for acting, you take your courage.

我知道,如果我必须去参加表演考试,我将一事无成。你不考表演,你要有勇气。

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。

I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.

我只是一个人,但我就是一个人。我不能做所有的事,但我能做一些事。我不会让我不能做的事妨碍我能做的事。

It's important that I make a difference in some way. It's not necessarily how I make a difference, but I want to make sure that I do.

重要的是我要在某些方面有所作为。这并不一定是我如何做出改变,但我想确保我做到了。

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

洗手不干权势者与无权者之间的冲突意味着要站在权势者一边,不能保持中立。

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.

上帝赐予我勇气,让我不放弃我认为是正确的,即使我认为它是无望的。

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

贫富之间的不平衡是所有共和国中最古老和最致命的弊病。

War stuttered, repeated its sentences, forgot its lessons, over and over.

战争结结巴巴,重复着它的句子,一次又一次地忘记了它的教训。

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.

沉默是伟大的事物组合在一起的元素。

Be larger than your task.

超越你的任务。