A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
人类
Human
Come away, O human child: To the waters and the wild with a fairy, hand in hand, For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.
走吧,人类的孩子,和一位仙女手牵手到水边和旷野去吧,因为这世界充满了你无法理解的哭泣。
Scientists are human, they're as biased as any other group. But they do have one great advantage in that science is a self-correcting process.
科学家是人,他们和其他群体一样有偏见。但它们确实有一个很大的优势,那就是科学是一个自我修正的过程。
Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.
一旦我们认识到不完全理解是人类的本性,犯错并不可耻,可耻的是没有改正我们的错误。
The thing I don't understand is why so often one hears discussion of the fruits of human labor as if it's all the creation of some alien race.
我不明白的是,为什么人们经常听到关于人类劳动成果的讨论,就好像它是某个外星种族创造出来的一样。
When people ask what I write about, that's what I tell them: 'The drama of human relationships.' I'm not even close to running out of material.
当人们问我写些什么时,我的回答是:‘人际关系的戏剧。他说,我的材料还没有快用完。
It's such a human condition, whether you're a great track star or a great knitting person or you paint watercolors - someone knows who you are.
无论你是一个伟大的田径明星,一个伟大的编织家,还是你画水彩画,这都是一种人类的状态——有人知道你是谁。
The pull, the attraction of history, is in our human nature. What makes us tick? Why do we do what we do? How much is luck the deciding factor?
历史的吸引力在于我们的人性。是什么让我们这么做?我们为什么要这么做?运气在多大程度上是决定因素?
No! on Human Rights and Freedom, on a subject that is as self-evident as that two and two make four, there is no need of any written authority.
不!在人权和自由问题上,在一个象二加二等于四这样不言而喻的问题上,不需要任何书面权威。
A nation must be embraced, rehabilitated and expressed as a tangible sign of human creativity and as an integral element of mankind's heritage.
必须接纳、复兴一个国家,并将其表示为人类创造力的有形标志和人类遗产的一个组成部分。
The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.
救世主想把人变成天使,就像极权暴君想把人变成傀儡一样,是人性的憎恨者。
The history of mankind is confined within a limited period, and from every quarter brings an intimation that human affairs have had a beginning.
人类的历史局限在一个有限的时期内,每一个角落都有一个迹象表明人类事务已经开始了。
I know for certain of only one commandment, one obligation, that God imposes upon us, and that is to be compassionate toward other human beings.
我很确定,神只给我们一条诫命,一项义务,那就是怜悯别人。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment.
因为在人类变化和进步的伟大空间里,有一段短暂的时间,某些人类的普遍目标在他身上得到了令人满意的体现。
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
我相信每个人的心灵都能从对他人行善中获得快乐。
Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.
荒野不是奢侈品,而是人类精神的必需品。
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。
The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play.
人类的声音是所有乐器中最美丽的,但它是最难演奏的。