Nothing else matters much -- not wealth, nor learning, nor even health -- without this gift: the spiritual capacity to keep zest in living. This is the creed of creeds, the final deposit and distillation of all important faiths: that you should be able to believe in life.

  • -- Harry Emerson Fosdick 美国牧师福斯迪克

没有这一天赋——保持生活热情的精神能力,没有什么比财富、学识甚至健康更重要的了。这是信条的信条,是所有重要信仰的最终沉淀和升华:你应该能够相信生活。

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Never forget that the purpose for which a man lives is the improvement of the man himself, so that he may go out of this world having, in his great sphere or his small one, done some little good for his fellow creatures and labored a little to diminish the sin and sorrow that are in the world.

不要忘记一个人的生活的目的是改善人类自身,所以,他可能离开这个世界,在他伟大的球或小,做一些有利于他的生物和有点困难减少世界上的罪恶和悲伤。

Charity work is very important to me and gives me an opportunity to give back to my community. I've always been a big supporter of many different charities, have donated millions of dollars to them, and it just feels great to do and be able to help others, especially children.

慈善工作对我来说非常重要,给了我一个机会去回馈我的社区。我一直是许多不同慈善机构的大力支持者,向他们捐赠了数百万美元,能够帮助他人,尤其是儿童,我感到非常高兴。

All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

历史的全部教训用四句话概括: 神要谁灭亡,必先使谁因势力而发狂。 天网恢恢,疏而不漏。天网恢恢,疏而不漏。 蜜蜂使它抢夺的花受精。 当足够黑的时候,你可以看到星星。

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because some day in life you will have been all of these.

人生能走多远,取决于你对年轻人的温柔,对老年人的同情,对奋斗者的同情,对弱者和强者的宽容。因为总有一天你会成为这一切。

If you...believe in the philosophy of the pig trough - that those with the biggest snouts should get the largest share - I reject it.

如果你……相信猪食槽的哲学——那些鼻子最大的人应该得到最大的份额——我拒绝它。

I believe the world is as we choose to view it. Simple as that. Our happiness is, in the end, up to us, and to no one else.

我相信世界是我们选择去看的。就这么简单。我们的幸福最终取决于我们自己,而不是别人。

When Students cheat on exams it's because our School System values grades more than Students value learning.

当学生在考试中作弊时,这是因为我们的学校系统更重视分数而不是学生的学习价值。

My career spanned the era when relievers started to become more important.

在我的职业生涯中,中继投手开始变得越来越重要。

What is the meaning of life? To be happy and useful.

生命的意义是什么?快乐和有用。

Learning is its own exceeding great reward.

学习本身就是极大的奖赏。