It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and humility.

  • -- Rachel Carson 雷切尔·卡森

我们重新回到大地上来,在瞻仰大地的美时,认识到它的神奇和谦卑,这是有益的,也是必要的。

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Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice, and yet everybody is contented to hear. The master thinks it good doctrine for his servant, the laity for the clergy, and the clergy for the laity.

谦卑是一种美德,人人都讲,但没有人去实践。主人认为这是对他的仆人,俗人对神职人员,神职人员对俗人的好教义。

Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth.

问问你自己,天堂和伟大的梦想是否应该在我们的坟墓里等着我们,或者它是否应该是我们现在在这个世界上的梦想。

Sometimes i lay awake at night and wonder where did i go wrong? Then a voice comes to me and says, this is going to take more then one night.

有时我躺在床上彻夜难眠,想知道我哪里做错了?然后一个声音对我说,这将需要不止一个晚上。

Sponges grow in the ocean. That just kills me. I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be if that didn't happen.

海绵生长在海洋中。那简直要了我的命。我想知道如果不发生这种情况,海洋会有多深。

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.

在知识分子的秩序中,谦逊的美德不亚于专注的力量。

Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.

树木是大地对倾听着的苍穹无休止的倾诉。