Idleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed in manual labor at certain times, at others, in devout reading.

  • -- Saint Benedict 圣本笃

懒惰是心灵的敌人;所以弟兄们,务要在所定的时候,为虔诚的读经,劳力人的工夫。

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Similarly, many a young man, hearing for the first time of the refraction of stellar light, has thought that doubt was cast on the whole of astronomy, whereas nothing is required but an easily effected and unimportant correction to put everything right again.

同样地,许多年轻人第一次听到恒星光的折射,就认为天文学的整个领域都受到了怀疑,而要使一切恢复正常,除了一种容易实现的、不重要的纠正外,什么也不需要。

We are the masters at the moment, and not only at the moment, but for a very long time to come.

我们是此刻的主人,不仅是此刻,而且还有很长一段时间。

Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?

为什么人们不能坐下来读书,对彼此好一点呢?

Desire to give and not always receive.

渴望给予而不总是得到。