Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.

  • -- Thomas Merton 托马斯·默顿

和平需要最英勇的劳动和最艰难的牺牲。它需要比战争更伟大的英雄主义。它要求对真理有更大的忠诚和更纯洁的良心。

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Looking back, there is nothing wrong with that peace, love and equality that the hippies espoused. In many ways, we have regressed because they were into organic food, back to nature, make love not war, be good to all men, share and share alike - which is what many are talking about now.

回首过去,嬉皮士所崇尚的和平、爱和平等并没有错。在很多方面,我们已经退步了,因为他们变成了有机食品,回归自然,让爱而不是战争,对所有的人都好,分享和分享一样——这是许多人现在谈论的。

I think that the most difficult thing is allowing yourself to be loved, so receiving the love and feeling like you deserve it is a pretty big struggle. I suppose that's what I've learnt recently, to allow myself to be loved.

我认为最困难的事情是允许自己被爱,所以接受爱并感觉自己配得上爱是一场相当大的斗争。我想这就是我最近学到的,允许自己被爱。

If only the peace I feel right now could be stored up and released later when cruelty surrounds me in the dark during nightmares.

如果我现在感受到的平静能被储存起来,并在我做噩梦时在黑暗中被残酷包围时释放出来,那就好了。

You use simple brushstrokes in a screenplay for things over which you would take much greater pains in a novel.

你在剧本中使用简单的笔触,而在小说中,你会为之付出更大的努力。

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living.

最致命的错误莫过于把生命的大部分用来谋生的人。

I play through the pain and remain conscience. Refraining from commenting on the lame compliments.

我忍受着痛苦,保持着良知。避免评论那些蹩脚的赞美。

Purity of heart is blooming the same colors in the middle of the wilderness when no one sees you.

当没有人看见你的时候,纯洁的心在荒野中绽放着同样的色彩。

Man does find in Nature deliverance from himself, oblivion of his past, with peace and purity!

人类确实在大自然中找到了自我的解脱,忘却了过去,获得了安宁和纯洁!

But I would argue that a longer war it's more difficult to keep records than a shorter war.

但我认为,较长时间的战争比较短时间的战争更难保存记录。

Anyone who claims to have an entirely clear conscience is almost certainly a bore.

任何声称自己问心无愧的人几乎肯定是令人讨厌的。

The full potential of labor can be utilized only if there is mobility in labor.

只有劳动力具有流动性,才能充分发挥劳动力的潜力。

It was a labor of love and they did really well.

这是一个爱的劳动,他们做得很好。