A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
世界
World
All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work.
只要人们愿意思考，世界上所有的问题都可以很容易地解决。问题是，人们常常为了不思考而使用各种各样的方法，因为思考是一项如此艰难的工作。
In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about what battles were fought, who won them and who lost them - unless there is a painting, a play, a song or a poem that speaks of the event.
在我的世界里，历史可以归结为语言和艺术。没有人太在意曾经打过什么仗，谁赢了谁输了——除非有一幅画、一出戏、一首歌或一首诗讲述了这个事件。
To the intelligent man with an interest in human nature it must often appear strange that so much of the energy of the scientific world has been spent on the study of the body and so little on the study of the mind.
对于一个对人性感兴趣的聪明人来说，科学界把如此多的精力花在对身体的研究上，而对心灵的研究却如此之少，这一定常常显得很奇怪。
My father probably thought the capital of the world was wherever he was at the time. It couldn't possibly be anyplace else. Where he and his wife were in their own home, that, for them, was the capital of the world.
我父亲可能认为世界的首都在他当时所处的任何地方。不可能是别的地方。在那里，他和他的妻子在他们自己的家里，对他们来说，那就是世界的首都。
The world is full of people that have stopped listening to themselves or have listened only their neighbors to learn what they ought to do, how they ought to behave, and what the values are they should be living for.
世界上有很多人不再倾听自己的心声，或者只是倾听邻居的心声，去学习他们应该做什么，应该如何表现，以及他们应该为什么样的价值观而活。
Also by my earliest days, I was fascinated by a utopian vision of what the world could be like. I've thought that science could be the basis for a better world, and that's what I've been trying to do all these years.
同样，在我最初的日子里，我着迷于乌托邦式的世界观。我一直认为科学可以成为一个更美好世界的基础，这也是我这些年一直在努力做的事情。
The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
如果一个人只想到山、河流和城市，世界是如此的空虚;但是认识一个和我们一起思考、一起感受的人，一个虽然遥远，但在精神上与我们亲近的人，这就使我们的地球成为一个有人居住的花园。
Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation - what are they? They are the happiest people in the world.
那些决定把休闲作为心智发展手段的人，那些喜欢好音乐、好书、好画、好剧本、好伙伴、好对话的人——他们是什么?他们是世界上最幸福的人。
Down through the centuries, this trick has been tried by various establishments throughout the world. They force people to get involved in the kind of examination that has only one aim and that is to stamp out dissent.
几个世纪以来，世界各地的许多机构都在尝试这种方法。他们强迫人们参加只有一个目的的考试，那就是消灭异议。
We want to create world peace. But peace is not merely the absence of war. There is so much internal strife and that prejudice feeds into the national aspect. We have to change ourselves if we want to change the world.
我们想要创造世界和平。但是和平不仅仅是没有战争。国内冲突如此之多，这种偏见助长了民族方面的问题。如果我们想改变世界，就必须改变自己。
There are two types of people in this world, those that have a story about what they should have done with their life, and those that act on their dreams to make them come true. Which category do you want to fall into?
世界上有两种人，一种人对自己的人生应该做些什么有自己的故事，另一种人对自己的梦想采取行动，使之成为现实。你想归入哪一类?
What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?
在这个世界上，每个人都紧紧抓住自己的碎片不放，在这个世界上，一个男人或一个女人应该做什么?当人们在这场洪水中擦肩而过时，他们之间应该怎样称呼彼此呢?
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I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.
我变成了死亡，世界的毁灭者。
The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world.
人们的赞许就像阿基米德的杠杆，有了合适的支点，就能推动世界。
I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.
我有穿工作服的朋友，我不会用他们的友谊来换取世界各国国王的青睐。
As we become purer channels for God's light, we develop an appetite for the sweetness that is possible in this world. A miracle worker is not geared toward fighting the world that is, but toward creating the world that could be.
当我们成为上帝之光更纯净的管道时，我们就会对这个世界上可能存在的甜蜜产生食欲。一个创造奇迹的人不是为了与现实世界作斗争，而是为了创造一个可能存在的世界。
Why, then, the world's mine oyster, which I with sword will open.
那么，世界是我的牡蛎，我要用剑把它打开。
Honestly, a lot of people thought that I was on top of the world selling so many millions of records, and that this is the life that everybody would want, but I never got to enjoy any of my success.
老实说，很多人认为我是世界上销售数百万张唱片的冠军，这是每个人都想要的生活，但我从来没有享受过我的任何成功。