The task which we have set ourselves is simply to show why and for what purpose we hold that standpoint during most of our lives, and why and for what purpose we are provisionally obliged to abandon it.

  • -- Ernst Mach 恩斯特马赫

我们给自己规定的任务仅仅是表明我们为什么和为了什么而在生活的大部分时间里坚持这一立场,以及我们为什么和为了什么而暂时不得不放弃这一立场。

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In giving us children, God places us in a position of both leadership and service. He calls us to give up our lives for someone else's sake - to abandon our own desires and put our child's interests first. Yet, according to His perfect design, it is through this selflessness that we can become truly fulfilled.

在赐给我们孩子的过程中,上帝把我们置于领导和服务的地位。他呼吁我们为了别人而放弃自己的生命——放弃自己的欲望,把孩子的利益放在首位。然而,根据他完美的设计,正是通过这种无私,我们才能真正实现。

Their shoulders held the sky suspended; They stood, and earth’s foundations stay; What God abandoned, these defended, And saved the sum of things for pay.

他们的肩膀把天空托起;他们站住,地的根基稳固。上帝抛弃了什么,这些人就捍卫什么,并把所有的东西都存起来以换取报酬。

We all have to let go of the Prince Charming complex and realize he doesn't necessarily exist in the package we assume he'll come in.

我们都必须放下白马王子的情结,意识到他并不一定存在于我们假设他会出现的那一套中。

I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.

我只是想让你们知道,当我们谈论战争时,我们实际上是在谈论和平。

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

我们对自己生活、工作和行为的记忆将在他人身上延续。

Who loves — lives, who lives - works, and who works has some bread.

爱的人——生活,生活——工作,而工作的人有面包吃。