Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.

  • -- George Eliot 乔治·艾略特

我们所看见的,不是极近处的一个小斑点,能涂抹世界的荣耀,只留下我们看见那斑点的余地吗?我不知道有什么比自我更麻烦的了。

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Everyone is an ocean inside. Every individual walking the street. Everyone is a universe of thoughts, and insights, and feelings. But every person is crippled in his or her own way by our inability to truly present ourselves to the world.

每个人的内心都是一片海洋。每一个走在街上的人。每个人都是一个由思想、见解和感受组成的宇宙。但每个人都有自己的缺陷,因为我们无法真正地向世界展现自己。

The stammer was a way of telling the world that he was not like others, a way of expressing his singularity.

口吃是一种告诉世界他不像其他人的方式,一种表达他的独特性的方式。

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

只有在纸上,人类才能获得荣耀、美丽、真理、知识、美德和永恒的爱。

We're all just trying to fit in and find ourselves, particularly when we're growing up.

我们都在努力融入社会,寻找自我,尤其是在我们成长的过程中。

For him who does not believe in signs, there is no way to live in the world.

因为不信神迹的人,就没有办法活在世上。

The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

光荣的道路只通向坟墓。