A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
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Giving
I can give you a definite perhaps.
我可以给你一个肯定的答复。
Giving opens the way for receiving.
给予打开了接受的大门。
Giving is what makes a nation great.
给予使一个国家伟大。
For it is in giving that we receive.
因为我们是在给予中得到的。
I stop giving it, I stop getting it.
我不再付出,也不再得到。
Who pleasure gives shall joy receive.
给人快乐的人,也会得到快乐。
Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
内疚:不断给予的礼物。
I feel like giving back is in my blood.
我觉得回馈是我的天性。
Nothing costs so much as what is given us.
没有什么比给予我们的更昂贵。
Even wisdom has to yield to self interest.
即使是智慧也不得不屈服于私利。
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!
只有穷人才懂得给予的奢侈!
The more sympathy you give, the less you need.
你给予的同情越多,你需要的就越少。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
He who wishes to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.
想为别人谋福利的人,已经为自己谋福利了。
Self-sacrifice helps us to sacrifice other people without blushing.
自我牺牲帮助我们不脸红地牺牲他人。
Any ordinary favor we do for someone or any compassionate reaching out may seem to be going nowhere at first, but may be planting a seed we can't see right now. Sometimes we need to just do the best we can and then trust in an unfolding we can't design or ordain.
我们为别人做的任何普通的帮助,或任何富有同情心的伸出援手,一开始似乎都不会有什么结果,但可能正在播下一颗我们现在看不到的种子。有时候,我们需要做的只是尽我们所能,然后相信一个我们无法设计或注定的展开。
Most people say that as you get old, you have to give up things. I think you get old because you give up things.
大多数人说,随着年龄的增长,你不得不放弃一些东西。我认为你变老是因为你放弃了一些东西。
The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the destruction of millions of our fellow-beings.
我们小手指上最轻微的疼痛,也比数百万同胞的毁灭更让我们担忧和不安。