Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community.

  • -- John William Gardner 约翰·威廉·加德纳

正直的人,通过他们的存在,重新点燃了这样的信念:作为一个民族,我们可以生活在道德败坏的水平之上。我们需要这种信念;愤世嫉俗的社会是腐败的社会。

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Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of one's own self.

爱是在保持自我独立和完整的条件下,与外界的某个人或某物的结合。

The only thing we have in this world that is utterly and intrinsically ours is our integrity.

在这个世界上,我们唯一拥有的完全和本质上属于我们的东西就是我们的正直。

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.

的确,人即使活着不可能幸福,也希望幸福。

When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?

什么时候人类才能被说服并同意通过仲裁来解决他们的困难?