A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own.

  • -- Percy Bysshe Shelley 珀西·比西·雪莱

一个人要想成为伟大的好人,就必须有强烈而全面的想象;他必须把自己放在别人和许多其他人的位置上;人类的痛苦和快乐必须成为人类自己的。

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One of the pleasures of staying with friends is that you get to browse their shelves. I always arrive with a book, but I almost never read it. It would be like sitting at their dinner table and opening a packet of sandwiches.

和朋友呆在一起的乐趣之一就是你可以浏览他们的书架。我总是带着一本书来,但我几乎从未读过它。这就像坐在餐桌前打开一包三明治。

Well I travelled quite a lot in the east, and one of the things that impressed me greatly was the buddhist notion of the continuity of things, the wheel of life which is what we're talking about, the ever turning wheel.

我在东方旅行过很多次,其中一件让我印象深刻的事情是佛教关于事物连续性的概念,生命之轮,这就是我们所说的,不断转动的轮。

We can continue to learn generation after generation and now is time to begin to learn how to love in a non-discriminatory way because we are intelligent enough, but we are not loving enough as a species.

我们可以一代又一代地继续学习,现在是时候开始学习以一种非歧视性的方式去爱了,因为我们足够聪明,但作为一个物种,我们的爱还不够。

Each day it's like: 'How many more days am I going to feel young and vibrant? I feel young and vibrant now, but I also feel the aches and pains a little bit.

每一天都是这样的:‘我还能有多少天感到年轻和充满活力?我现在感到年轻和充满活力,但我也感到有点疼痛。

Imaginary pains are by far the most real we suffer, since we feel a constant need for them and invent them because there is no way of doing without them.

到目前为止,想象中的痛苦是我们所遭受的最真实的痛苦,因为我们不断地感到需要它们,并创造它们,因为没有它们就没有办法。

A bad act done will fester and create in its own way. It's not only goodness that creates. Bad things create. They have their own yeast.

一个坏的行为会以它自己的方式溃烂和创造。创造的不只是善。不好的事情。它们有自己的酵母。

It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

没有人能真诚地帮助别人而不帮助自己,这是人生最美好的补偿之一。

Land bridges were everywhere during the extinction, many species were spreading, and there were many diseases.

在物种灭绝期间,陆桥随处可见,许多物种在传播,还有许多疾病。

I'm not writing just about melancholy stuff anymore, I made a point to cover a wide range of emotions.

我不再只写忧郁的东西,我强调要涵盖广泛的情感。

It sometimes seems that we have only to love a thing greatly to get it.

有时候,我们似乎只要深爱一件东西,就能得到它。

Pleasures are transient, honors are immortal.

快乐是短暂的,荣誉是不朽的。

Writing starts with living.

写作始于生活。