A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
普罗维登斯
Providence
The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.
强者是弱者的天意。他是瞎子的眼睛,是软弱人的力量,是无防备人的盾牌。他弯下身子,俯视着倒下的人,笔直地站着。他通过举起别人而站起来。
Spirituality does two things for you. One, you are forced to become more selfless, two, you trust to providence. The opposite of a spiritual man is a materialist. If I was a materialist I would be making lots of money doing endorsements, doing cricket commentary. I have no interest in that.
灵性为你做了两件事。第一,你被迫变得更加无私;第二,你相信上帝。精神上的人的对立面是唯物主义者。如果我是个唯物主义者,我会通过做代言、做板球评论赚很多钱。我对此不感兴趣。
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For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.
因为人生下来就是哑巴,不,是没有任何理性的,总比他利用上天的恩赐去毁灭他的邻居要好。
A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.
一个没有统治权、天意和最终目标的上帝,只不过是命运和自然。
Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success.
如果一个人不坚定地追求崇高或美好的目标,上帝不会为他留下任何美好或崇高的东西。目标是成功的永恒条件。
Providence School of Art students used to sneak into P Funk concerts.
普罗维登斯艺术学院的学生过去常常偷偷溜进放克音乐会。
He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright.
以真理为向导,以责任为目的的人,可以放心地信赖上帝的旨意,把他引导得正确。
God sends men cold according to their clothes.
神按著人的衣服叫他们冷。