Keep feeling the need for being first. But I want you to be the first in love. I want you to be the first in moral excellence. I want you to be the first in generosity.

  • -- Martin Luther King Jr 马丁·路德·金

不断感受成为第一的需要。但我希望你是第一个坠入爱河的人。我希望你在道德上成为第一。我希望你是第一个慷慨大方的人。

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Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount.

我们的世界充满了核巨人和道德婴儿。我们对战争的了解多于对和平的了解,对杀戮的了解多于对生活的了解。我们掌握了原子的奥秘,拒绝了登山宝训。

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

一支蜡烛可以点燃成千上万支蜡烛,而且蜡烛的寿命不会缩短。幸福不会因为分享而减少。

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.

真正的慷慨是为那些永远不会发现的人做一些好事。

Just because something is good doesn't mean we should pursue it right now.

仅仅因为某事是好的并不意味着我们现在就应该去追求它。

More often there's a compromise between ethics and expediency.

更常见的情况是道德和权宜之计之间的妥协。

A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.

一个人甚至可以从敌人那里学到智慧。