A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
同情
Compassion
The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.
内心最大程度的宁静来自于爱和同情的发展。我们越关心别人的幸福，我们自己的幸福感就越大。
We live in a time when science is validating what humans have known throughout the ages: that compassion is not a luxury; it is a necessity for our well-being, resilience, and survival.
我们生活在这样一个时代，科学正在验证人类多年来所知道的事情:同情不是奢侈品;它对我们的健康、恢复力和生存都是必要的。
Loving-kindness and compassion are the basis for wise, powerful, sometimes gentle, and sometimes fierce actions that can really make a difference -- in our own lives and those of others.
慈爱和同情是明智的、强有力的、有时温和的、有时激烈的行动的基础，这些行动能够真正改变我们自己和他人的生活。
Before I was humiliated I was like a stone that lies in deep mud, and he who is mighty came and in his compassion raised me up and exalted me very high and placed me on the top of the wall.
我未自卑以先、好像一块石头、卧在深淤泥中。那有权能的来了、凭他的怜悯将我举起、高举到高处、把我安置在城墙上。
Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.
以下是我所坚持的价值观:诚实、平等、善良、同情，以你希望的方式对待他人，并帮助那些需要帮助的人。对我来说，这些都是传统价值观。
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
我们常常低估了一个触摸、一个微笑、一句友善的话、一个倾听的耳朵、一句真诚的赞美，或者是最细微的关爱的力量，所有这些都有可能改变我们的生活。
You have to take strength from the people that love you and the people that love Barbara and the huge number of expressions of sympathy and compassion and support. That has been extremely moving.
你必须从爱你的人和爱芭芭拉的人身上汲取力量，从大量的同情、同情和支持的表达中汲取力量。这非常令人感动。
I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics.
在一切叫做生命的事物面前，我只能肃然起敬。我唯一能做的就是对所有被称为生命的东西怀有同情。这是所有道德的开端和基础。
There are two ways to go about it. You can take a compass and draw a perfect circle and make two perfect eyes as neat as can be. Or you can do it freehand and have some fun with it. Like I did. Give it character.
有两种方法。你可以拿一个圆规，画一个完美的圆，使两只完美的眼睛尽可能整齐。或者你可以徒手做，玩得很开心。就像我所做的。给它的性格。
Reason guides our attempt to understand the world about us. Both reason and compassion guide our efforts to apply that knowledge ethically, to understand other people, and have ethical relationships with other people.
理性引导我们试图了解周围的世界。理性和同情心都引导我们努力将知识运用到道德上，去理解他人，并与他人建立道德关系。
For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?
对我来说，宽恕和同情总是联系在一起的:我们如何让人们对自己的错误行为负责，同时又与他们的人性保持足够的联系，让他们相信自己有能力被改造?
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because some day in life you will have been all of these.
人生能走多远，取决于你对年轻人的温柔，对老年人的同情，对奋斗者的同情，对弱者和强者的宽容。因为总有一天你会成为这一切。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.
一颗善良的心胜过世上所有的头脑。
Why does God endow us with compassion?
为什么神赋予我们怜悯?
I'm interested in learning that's motivated by reverence for life, that's motivated by a desire to learn skills, to learn new things that help us to better contribute to our own well-being and the well-being of others. And what fills me with great sadness is any learning that I see motivated by coercion.
我对学习感兴趣是出于对生命的尊重，是出于学习技能的渴望，是为了学习新事物，帮助我们更好地为自己和他人的幸福做出贡献。让我感到非常悲伤的是，我看到的任何学习都是由强迫驱使的。
We obviously need more love in the world. And we obviously need more compassion and understanding. Our leaders need to really address these issues properly now.
我们显然需要更多的爱在这个世界上。我们显然需要更多的同情和理解。我们的领导人现在需要真正妥善处理这些问题。
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
人类生活的目的是服务他人，表现出同情心和帮助他人的意愿。