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One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

  • -- Maya Angelou 玛雅·安杰洛

一个人不一定生来就有勇气，但他天生就有潜力。没有勇气，我们就不能持之以恒地实践任何其他美德。我们不能善良、真诚、仁慈、慷慨或诚实。

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Any ordinary favor we do for someone or any compassionate reaching out may seem to be going nowhere at first, but may be planting a seed we can't see right now. Sometimes we need to just do the best we can and then trust in an unfolding we can't design or ordain.

我们为别人做的任何普通的帮助，或任何富有同情心的伸出援手，一开始似乎都不会有什么结果，但可能正在播下一颗我们现在看不到的种子。有时候，我们需要做的只是尽我们所能，然后相信一个我们无法设计或注定的展开。

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Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.

身体上的勇气，蔑视一切危险，会使一个人在某一方面变得勇敢;道德上的勇气，蔑视一切意见，会使一个人在另一个方面变得勇敢。

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What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give.

我们所说的慷慨，在很大程度上只是给予的虚荣心;我们这样做是因为我们更喜欢虚荣心而不是我们给予的东西。

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In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.

在知识分子的秩序中，谦逊的美德不亚于专注的力量。

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Those are fools however learned who have not learned to walk with the world.

没有学会与世界同行的人，才是有学问的傻瓜。

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Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.

勇气是怕得要死，但还是要振作起来。

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