A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
改革
Reform
My satisfaction comes from my commitment to advancing a better world.
我的满足来自于我对推动一个更美好世界的承诺。
A reformer is a guy who rides through a sewer in a glass-bottomed boat.
改革者是一个乘坐玻璃底船穿过下水道的人。
There is a great reform required in the education and habits of females.
女性的教育和习惯需要进行重大的改革。
Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.
微小的行动,当由数百万人共同践行时,便能改变世界。
Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.
对僵化的观点的忠诚从来没有打破过枷锁,也从来没有解放过一个人的灵魂。
We will not reform the yuan until the time is right even if there is external pressure.
即使有外部压力,我们也要等到时机成熟再进行人民币改革。
A tax loophole is something that benefits the other guy. If it benefits you, it is tax reform.
税收漏洞是对另一方有利的东西。如果对你有利,那就是税收改革。
My goal for reform is not necessarily to pass laws but to make sure the laws are being followed.
我的改革目标不一定是通过法律,而是确保法律得到遵守。
All reformers, however strict their social conscience, live in houses just as big as they can pay for.
所有的改革者,无论他们的社会良知多么严格,都住在他们能负担得起的最大的房子里。
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
什么时候,我们的良心会变得如此温柔,以至于我们会采取行动,阻止人类的苦难,而不是为之复仇?
He who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the public than a crowd of noisy, impotent patriots.
改革自己的人在改革公众方面比一群吵吵嚷嚷、无能为力的爱国者做得更多。
Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, that itself will need reforming.
每一项改革,无论多么必要,都会被意志薄弱的人推到过分的地步,而这种改革本身就需要改革。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Don't agonize. Organize.
不要折磨。组织。
Reform is born of need, not pity.
改革源于需要,而不是怜悯。
One of the most powerful, and deeply spiritual, ways to work for social change is for us to take action in the present that embodies -- right now! -- the future vision that we seek
为社会变革而努力的最强大、最深刻的精神力量之一,就是让我们在当下采取行动,具体体现在——现在!——我们追求的未来愿景
At every turn when there has been an imbalance of power, the truth questioned, or our beliefs and values distorted, the change required to restore our nation has always come from the bottom up from our people.
每当出现权力不平衡、真相受到质疑或我们的信仰和价值观受到扭曲时,恢复我们国家所需的变革总是从我们人民的底层开始。
Trade reform has also been linked to increased income disparity as skilled workers have captured more benefits from globalization than their unskilled counterparts.
贸易改革也与收入差距扩大有关,因为技术工人从全球化中获得的好处比非技术工人更多。
Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.
每一场改革运动都有一帮疯子。