A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?

  • -- Khalil Gibran 纪伯伦

远方的朋友有时比身边的朋友更亲密。这山岂不是比住在山上的人,更使人敬畏,看得更清楚吗?

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All through my school life I was appalled by the fact that masters and senior boys were allowed quite literally to wound other boys, and sometimes very severely.

在我的整个学校生活中,老师和高年级学生被允许伤害其他男孩,有时甚至是非常严重,这让我感到震惊。

The Earth we evolved to inhabit is turning into something more turbulent and unreliable at a pace too fast for most living things to adapt to.

我们赖以生存的地球正以一种大多数生物无法适应的太快的速度变得更加动荡和不可靠。

Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another.

关于生命的知识是一回事;对生活中某个地方的有效占有,以及它通过你的存在的流动,是另一回事。

All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words into things.

人生的一切欺骗,无非是虚谎变为行动,是虚谎从言语变成事实。

The most important thing is to be passionate and ready to accept the pains that sometimes go along with the business.

最重要的是要有激情,并准备好接受有时伴随业务而来的痛苦。

My mama told me in college, 'I love you, and you're God's child, but natural beauty will only take you so far.'

我妈妈在大学里对我说:“我爱你,你是上帝的孩子,但自然美只能让你走这么远。”

Well, you know, I was through the whole of the Second World War and saw all my friends killed.

你知道,我经历了整个二战,看到我所有的朋友都被杀了。

If you start very far to the left, it's harder to get to the middle.

如果你从很左边开始,就很难走到中间。

It's odd when your best friend has an even better best friend.

你最好的朋友有一个更好的朋友,这很奇怪。