Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.

  • -- Augustine of Hippo 河马的奥古斯丁

你想变得伟大吗?然后从存在开始。你想要建造一个巨大而崇高的结构吗?首先想想谦逊的基础。你的结构越高,它的基础就必须越深。

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You can, if you wish, think of it like the universe: Each case is a sun, and all the judges, lawyers and administrative personnel represent planets revolving around the case in fixed orbit, never getting closer.

如果你愿意,你可以把它想象成宇宙:每一个案件都是一个太阳,所有的法官、律师和行政人员都代表着围绕案件旋转的行星,它们在固定的轨道上,永远不会靠近。

I had about the biggest, longest wish list anyone could have, and 99 percent of what I wanted to get on the screen we got on the screen within our schedule and within our budget and within our resources.

我的愿望清单是任何人都能列出的最大、最长的,我想要在屏幕上展示的东西99%都是在我们的时间表、预算和资源范围内实现的。

Ask not the name of him who asks you for a bed. It is especially he whose name is a burden to him, who has need of an asylum (room).

不要问向你要床的人叫什么名字。尤其是那些名字对他来说是一种负担的人,他们需要一个避难所。

True humility is when you can surprise yourself more than others; the rest is either shyness or good marketing.

真正的谦逊是你能给自己比别人更多的惊喜;剩下的要么是害羞,要么是良好的营销。

I have sometimes wondered if the greatest desire of man is to be known and loved anyway.

我有时想知道,人类最大的愿望是否就是无论如何被了解和被爱。

Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?

这么多年来,欲望超越了表现,这难道不奇怪吗?