In a word, neither death, nor exile, nor pain, nor anything of this kind is the real cause of our doing or not doing any action, but our inward opinions and principles.

  • -- Epictetus 埃皮克特斯

总而言之,我们做或不做任何事情的真正原因,不是死亡,不是流放,不是痛苦,也不是任何这类事情,而是我们内心的想法和原则。

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I was dealing with craft, and that's the surprising thing, the number of people who have literally broken down on our stage, because when you're talking about the thing that is most important to someone, they're liable to feel something strong.

我在处理工艺,这是令人惊讶的事情,在我们的舞台上有这么多人真的崩溃了,因为当你在谈论对某人来说最重要的事情时,他们很可能会有一种强烈的感觉。

The world turns on our every action, and our every omission, whether we know it or not.

不管我们知不知道,这个世界取决于我们的每一个行动和每一个疏忽。

The path of duty lies in what is near at hand, but men seek for it in what is remote.

责任之路在近处,人在远处寻找。

Depart from discretion when it interferes with duty.

当自由裁量权与职责相抵触时,应远离它。