The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.

  • -- Thomas Merton 托马斯·默顿

人类最大的诱惑是满足于太少。

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And of all illumination which human reason can give, none is comparable to the discovery of what we are, our nature, our obligations, what happiness we are capable of, and what are the means of attaining it.

在人类理性所能给予的一切启示中,没有任何一种能与发现我们是什么、我们的本性、我们的义务、我们能够获得什么幸福以及获得幸福的手段相比。

Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings.

许多人真的不想成为圣人,而且很有可能,一些达到或渴望成为圣人的人从来没有感受到成为人类的诱惑。

Only baptize them if you truly believe these people are ready, taking a little more time if necessary so the Holy Ghost can strengthen them a little more.

只有当你真的相信这些人已经准备好了,才给他们施洗;如果必要的话,多花一点时间,这样圣灵才能使他们更坚强。

Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that I might slight any by omission.

虽然我对很多人怀有深深的感激之情,但我还是放弃了给他们命名的诱惑,因为我担心自己会漏掉一些名字。

Our unconscious is not more animal than our conscious, it is often even more human.

我们的潜意识并不比我们的意识更像动物,它往往更像人类。

Slow down and take time to appreciate the little things in life.

放慢脚步,花时间欣赏生活中的点点滴滴。