A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
善
Goodness
Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.
对我们来说,在历史上,善良是一颗稀有的珍珠,善良的人几乎比伟大的人更重要。
The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.
花的香味只向风的方向传播。但是一个人的善良会向四面八方传播。
It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
没有人能真诚地帮助别人而不帮助自己,这是人生最美好的补偿之一。
We are each made for goodness, love and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world is when we live with these truths.
我们每个人都是为了善良、爱和同情而生的。当我们带着这些真理生活时,我们的生活就像这个世界一样被改变了。
To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.
能够有稳定的友谊和持久的爱情,这不仅是心灵善良的两大证明,也是精神力量的两大证明。
A bad act done will fester and create in its own way. It's not only goodness that creates. Bad things create. They have their own yeast.
一个坏的行为会以它自己的方式溃烂和创造。创造的不只是善。不好的事情。它们有自己的酵母。
A good person can make another person good; it means that goodness will elicit goodness in the society; other persons will also be good.
一个好人可以使另一个人变好;这意味着善会在社会中引发善;其他人也会很好。
One goes through school, college, medical school and one's internship learning little or nothing about goodness but a good deal about success.
一个人在学校、大学、医学院和实习期间,学到的关于善良的东西很少,或者根本没有,但关于成功的东西却很多。
Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone. This simple goodness shines straight from their hearts and only asks to be lived.
孩子们顽皮的微笑向我展示了每个人身上神圣的一面。这种简单的善良直接从他们的内心闪耀出来,只要求活下去。
It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more.
世界似乎被分为好人和坏人。好人睡得更好,而坏人似乎更喜欢醒着的时候。
For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, For love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends.
为了每一个有阳光的早晨,为了休息和夜晚的庇护所,为了健康和食物,为了爱和朋友,为了你的一切美好的馈赠。
I encountered among my comrades the most varied human traits, from frankness to reserve, from goodness, uprightness and kindness, to brutality and baseness.
在我的同志们中间,我遇到了各种各样的人的性格,从坦率到含蓄,从善良、正直和善良,到残暴和卑鄙。
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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
有些坏人,如果他们全无良善,就不会那么危险。
Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.
永远不要因为别人的财富或地位而尊重他们。尊重善良,在你可能的地方找到它。
Piety is the most solid goodness, and the vilest of what is evil is vice.
虔诚是最坚实的美德,邪恶中最邪恶的是邪恶。
Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it.
每个人内心都有一种基本的正派和善良。如果他倾听它,并付诸行动,他就是在给予这个世界最需要的东西。这并不复杂,但需要勇气。一个人需要勇气去倾听自己的善良并付诸行动。
Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.
智慧的根在善,而不是善的根在智慧。
No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
如果不需要善行,没有人能长久行善。