A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
谦卑
Humility
The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.
生活的原则在很大程度上包括以勇气面对困难,以快乐面对失望,以谦卑面对考验的能力。
Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change.
早年,我不得不在诚实的傲慢和虚伪的谦逊之间做出选择。我选择了诚实的傲慢,并没有看到任何改变的机会。
The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.
神所爱的人,就是富足却兼有贫穷人的谦卑,贫穷却兼有富足人的宽宏大量的人。
It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and humility.
我们重新回到大地上来,在瞻仰大地的美时,认识到它的神奇和谦卑,这是有益的,也是必要的。
Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of tyranny camouflaged as humility.
知识就是力量。信息就是力量。隐藏或囤积知识或信息可能是伪装成谦逊的暴政行为。
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.
有了勇气,你将敢于冒险,有力量去同情,有智慧去谦卑。勇气是正直的基础。
Mysticism and exaggeration go together. A mystic must not fear ridicule if he is to push all the way to the limits of humility or the limits of delight.
神秘主义和夸张是相辅相成的。如果一个神秘主义者想要达到谦逊或快乐的极限,他一定不要害怕被嘲笑。
Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a low one because a person in the latter is already, perhaps, too much humbled.
谦卑是一种优雅,它在高尚的环境中闪耀光芒,但在卑微的环境中却无法同样闪耀光芒,因为一个人在卑微的环境中可能已经过于谦卑了。
Mankind is like dogs, not gods - as long as you don't get mad they'll bite you - but stay mad and you'll never be bitten. Dogs don't respect humility and sorrow.
人类就像狗,而不是神——只要你不生气,他们就会咬你——但保持生气,你就永远不会被咬。狗不尊重谦逊和悲伤。
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
谦逊是所有其他美德的基础,因此,在灵魂中,如果这种美德不存在,那么就不可能有任何其他美德,除了外表。
I really have a great deal of humility in that department, and a great deal of respect for people who spend their lives learning how to make these amazing preparations.
在这个部门,我真的非常谦虚,也非常尊重那些毕生都在学习如何做这些惊人准备的人。
I was a production assistant. I saw what people who are full of themselves are like - another reason not to lose your humility! I have a mouth on me so I wasn't the best P.A.
我是一个生产助理。我看到了那些自以为是的人是什么样的人——这是你不丧失谦逊的另一个理由!我有嘴,所以我不是最好的私人助理
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.
你想变得伟大吗?然后从存在开始。你想要建造一个巨大而崇高的结构吗?首先想想谦逊的基础。你的结构越高,它的基础就必须越深。
Shame is Pride’s cloak.
羞耻是骄傲的外衣。
A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.
谦虚的人,如果人们听说过,通常都会敬佩他。
Humility is a necessary veil to all other graces.
谦卑是所有其他恩宠的必要面纱。
We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds, space has a reality outside our minds, so that we cannot completely prescribe its properties a priori.
我们必须谦虚地承认,虽然数字纯粹是我们思想的产物,但空间在我们的思想之外有一个实在,因此我们不能完全预先规定它的性质。
Fullness of knowledge always means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance; and that is always conducive to humility and reverence.
知识的丰富总是意味着对我们无知的深度有所了解;这总是有助于谦逊和尊重。