The direction and constancy of the will is what really matters, and intellect and feeling are only important insofar as they contribute to that.

  • -- Evelyn Underhill 德希尔

真正重要的是意志的方向和坚定性,而智力和情感的重要性只在于它们对意志的贡献。

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Trust is not simply a matter of truthfulness, or even constancy. It is also a matter of amity and goodwill. We trust those who have our best interests at heart, and mistrust those who seem deaf to our concerns.

信任不仅仅是一个诚实的问题,甚至不是一个持之以恒的问题。这也是一个友好和善意的问题。我们信任那些把我们的最大利益放在心上的人,而不信任那些似乎对我们的关切充耳不闻的人。

Crawford washed her hands a lot. She washed her arms all the way up past her elbows. She just couldn't get enough done in that direction. She was compulsive about being clean, clean, clean!

克劳福德经常洗手。她的手臂一直洗到肘部。在那个方向上她做得不够。她强迫自己保持干净,干净,干净!

Lies are essential to humanity. They are perhaps as important as the pursuit of pleasure and moreover are dictated by that pursuit.

谎言对人类至关重要。它们可能和对快乐的追求一样重要,而且是由这种追求决定的。

Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life.

因吸烟而死亡。如果你被杀了,你就失去了生命中非常重要的一部分。

Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good.

在坏事上的固执,在好事上的固执。

I really like to have a bit of direction, you know?

我真的喜欢有一点方向感,你知道吗?