We live in a time when science is validating what humans have known throughout the ages: that compassion is not a luxury; it is a necessity for our well-being, resilience, and survival.

  • -- Joan Halifax 哈利法克斯

我们生活在这样一个时代,科学正在验证人类多年来所知道的事情:同情不是奢侈品;它对我们的健康、恢复力和生存都是必要的。

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All species capable of grasping this fact manage better in the struggle for existence than those which rely upon their own strength alone: the wolf, which hunts in a pack, has a greater chance of survival than the lion, which hunts alone.

所有能够理解这一事实的物种在生存斗争中都比那些只依靠自身力量的物种做得更好:成群狩猎的狼比单独狩猎的狮子有更大的生存机会。

I never quite understood these actors - though I envy them sometimes - who can lie out for a year or two. I feel as though time is a real pressing issue, and I want to get as much work done in the time that I have left.

我从来就不太了解这些演员——尽管有时我很羡慕他们——他们能在外面躺一两年。我觉得时间是一个非常紧迫的问题,我想在剩下的时间里完成尽可能多的工作。

The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.

内心最大程度的宁静来自于爱和同情的发展。我们越关心别人的幸福,我们自己的幸福感就越大。

And we did it because it's time for City Hall to stop looking out for City Hall and start looking out for the people like you and me who are footing the bill.

我们这么做是因为现在是市政厅停止寻找市政厅的时候了,是时候开始寻找像你我这样为之埋单的人了。

Since being quite young, I've had a very strong sense of independence and survival. As a child, I was on my own two feet emotionally.

从很小的时候起,我就有了很强的独立性和生存意识。当我还是个孩子的时候,我在情感上是完全独立的。

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.

如果你的同情心不包括你自己,那它就是不完整的。