We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have - for their usefulness.

  • -- Thomas Merton 托马斯·默顿

我们是如此痴迷于做,我们没有时间和想象力留下。因此,人们看重的不是他们是什么样的人,而是他们所做的或所拥有的——以及他们的有用性。

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All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in history that had brought me along one generation late. I had missed all the great times and adventures in flight.

总而言之,对于一个沉迷于飞行、痴迷于飞行、献身于飞行的人来说,我对让我晚了一代人的历史皱纹感到失望。我错过了飞行中的所有美好时光和冒险。

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.

我大胆地追求知识,从不害怕遵循真理和理性,无论它们导致什么结果,并承担一切阻碍他们的权威。

You can't say what the outcome of a competition is going to be, so now I am ready to accept any result that comes my way, if I give my best shot.

你不能说比赛的结果会是什么,所以现在我准备好接受任何我遇到的结果,如果我尽我最大的努力。

We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.

我们不应该为过去而烦恼,也不应该为未来而忧虑;明辨是非的人只处理眼前的事。

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.

每当我看到一个成年人骑着自行车,我就不再对人类的未来感到绝望。

When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.

当男人不后悔生命如此短暂时,他们是在做一些消磨时间的事情。

Being an actor is a much more structured life than being a musician.

当演员比当音乐家要有条理得多。

I didn't particularly like being objectified.

我并不特别喜欢被物化。