A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
人类
Human
Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.
自由是一扇敞开的窗户,透过它,我们可以看到人类精神和尊严的阳光。
All I know is that when I go somewhere, I'm not an autobot. I am a human being. I am not an actor.
我只知道当我去某个地方的时候,我不是一个汽车人。我是一个人。我不是演员。
Just as human activity is upsetting Earth's carbon cycle, our actions are altering the water cycle.
正如人类活动正在扰乱地球的碳循环一样,我们的行为也在改变着水循环。
The human mind is a dramatic structure in itself and our society is absolutely saturated with drama.
人类的思维本身就是一个戏剧结构,我们的社会绝对充满了戏剧。
Being a humanitarian, supporting animal rights activists, human rights activists, it's all the same.
作为一个人道主义者,支持动物权利活动家,人权活动家,都是一样的。
Men are fickle creatures, capable of kindness and compassion yet fascinated by the basest atrocities.
人是易变的动物,有能力善良和同情,但被最卑鄙的暴行所吸引。
Actual human discourse happens within a number of contexts, not in some sort of unified public forum.
真实的人类话语发生在许多语境中,而不是在某种统一的公共论坛中。
Maybe the preoccupation with technological progress has overshadowed our concern with human progress.
也许对技术进步的关注已经盖过了我们对人类进步的关注。
The muscular, athletic type is not representative of the human race, who are varied in their physique.
肌肉发达、运动能力强的人不能代表人类,因为人类的体质各不相同。
Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.
当一个人的灵魂放弃复仇,敢于宽恕别人所受的伤害时,它才显得如此坚强。
The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency - half tiger, half poet.
小提琴家是一种独特的人类现象,浓缩成一种罕见的力量——一半是老虎,一半是诗人。
Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up.
人类的善良就像一个有缺陷的水龙头,第一次喷出的水可能令人印象深刻,但很快就干涸了。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.
我不是鸟;没有网能把我缠住;我是一个拥有独立意志的自由的人。
One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose.
一个人不能为整个世界哭泣,这超出了人类的力量。一个人必须选择。
If you really want to show power in its larger aspects, you need to show the effects on the powerless, for good or ill - the human cost of public works. That's what I try to do, show not only how power works but its effect on people.
如果你真的想从更大的方面展示权力,你需要展示对无权者的影响,无论是好是坏——公共工程的人力成本。这就是我想做的,不仅展示权力是如何运作的,也展示它对人们的影响。
A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and in the air above, and similarly a work of art is the product of strange activities in the human mind.
玫瑰是大地和天空中无数复杂活动的有形产物,同样,一件艺术品也是人类头脑中奇怪活动的产物。
You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a matter of noticing things and organizing them. You just have to care about what's around you and have a concern with humanity and the human comedy.
你可以在任何地方找到照片。这只是一个注意事物并组织它们的问题。你只需要关心你周围的一切,关心人性和人类喜剧。