A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
欲望
Desire
The less we read the Word of God, the less we desire to read it, and the less we pray, the less we desire to pray.
我们读神的道越少，就越不想读，祷告越少，就越不想祷告。
Life is a jest of the Gods and there is no justice. You must learn to laugh… or else you'll weep yourself to death.
生活是众神的玩笑，没有公平可言。你必须学会笑，否则你会哭得要死。
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.
勇气几乎是一种矛盾。它意味着一种强烈的求生欲望，表现为随时准备死去。
My desire to get here [Parliament] was like miners’ coal dust, it was under my fingers and I couldn’t scrub it out.
我想进入议会的愿望就像矿工的煤尘，就在我的手指底下，我无法把它擦掉。
Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.
艺术是一个人表达自己的欲望，记录他的个性对他所生活的世界的反应。
Desire is like fog on a bathroom mirror its presence incites you to wipe the mirror, and see yourself clearly again.
欲望就像浴室镜子上的雾气，它的存在会促使你擦去镜子，重新看清自己。
I've always had this unresolved desire to prove that I could get a Ph.D., or contribute something else to the world.
我一直有一种无法解决的渴望，想要证明我可以获得博士学位，或者为世界做点别的贡献。
No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations.
毫无疑问，团结是人们所渴望的，是人们为之奋斗的，但它不可能仅仅通过宣言就能实现。
For too long, musicians have been the greatest enemy of music. Their lack of desire to proselytize is a kind of betrayal.
长久以来，音乐家一直是音乐最大的敌人。他们缺乏改变信仰的欲望是一种背叛。
Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.
永远不要说用武力“做好事”的愿望是一个好的动机。权力欲和愚蠢都不是好的动机。
I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.
我宁愿做一个梦想家，在最卑微的人中间，有愿景要实现，而不是主在那些没有梦想和欲望的人中间。
Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary.
他们之间的欲望和力量对我们所有的行为负责;欲望导致我们的自愿行为，强迫我们的非自愿行为。
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The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much.
获得更多的真正方法，是永远不要渴望获得太多。
I love being physical, but I don't have any desire to prove myself.
我喜欢身体接触，但我没有任何想要证明自己的欲望。
It’s hard to feel desire when you don’t feel desirable.
当你觉得自己不被需要的时候，你很难感觉到欲望。
Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.
没有什么比从痛苦中解脱更令人向往，但也没有什么比被人从拐杖中解脱更令人恐惧。
I would desire that every man would lay his hand on his heart, and consider seriously whether the beginnings of the people’s happiness should be written in letters of blood.
我希望每个人都把手放在自己的心上，认真考虑一下人民幸福的开端是否应该用鲜血书写。
If you desire many things, many things will seem few.
如果你想要很多东西，很多东西看起来就会很少。