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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If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.
如果你非常渴望某样东西，有勇气把一切都押在得到它上。
Success is very ephemeral. You depend entirely on the desire of others, which makes it difficult to relax.
成功是短暂的。你完全依赖别人的欲望，这让你很难放松。
The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves.
对拥有的欲望是永不满足的，以至于它可以生存，甚至爱本身。因此，爱，就是让所爱的人绝育。
Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.
你立定心意的时候，要谨慎，因为这心意必属你。
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
很少人渴望自由;大多数人只希望有一个公正的主人。
A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire.
生活要么是精神的，要么根本就不是精神的。一个人不能事奉两个主。你的生活是由你的目标所塑造的。你是按照你所渴望的形象塑造的。