A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
善良
Kindness
善意既体现在言语里，也体现在愿意理解与帮助他人的行动中。这些语句围绕体谅、分享和尊重展开。
I don't understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don't know what joy is until you see a kid who was tortured get adopted by a family.
我不理解那些满足于宝马的人。你不知道什么是快乐，直到你看到一个被虐待的孩子被一个家庭收养。
In my ideal world, no child would suffer. Charitable instincts would prevail. There would be global acceptance of all different types of people.
在我的理想世界里，没有孩子会受苦。慈善本能将占上风。全球将接受所有不同类型的人。
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。
Adopting means opening your home, and heart, to a life you've never known. But there is nothing as richly rewarding as being an adoptive parent.
收养意味着打开你的家，打开你的心扉，迎接一个你从未经历过的生活。但没有什么比养父母更能给你带来丰厚的回报了。
My role model was my grandfather. He instilled in me the feeling that no matter how successful you are you have a responsibility to help others.
我的榜样是我的祖父。他灌输给我的感觉是，无论你有多成功，你都有责任帮助别人。
The only way to prevent pride from taking root in our heart and our life is to embrace a life filled with faith, understanding, and forgiveness.
阻止骄傲在我们的内心和生活中扎根的唯一方法是拥抱充满信仰、理解和宽恕的生活。
I will argue that every scrap of biological diversity is priceless, to be learned and cherished, and never to be surrendered without a struggle.
我想说的是，生物多样性的每一个碎片都是无价的，值得学习和珍惜，不经斗争绝不能放弃。
No one of this nation ever begs, for the houses of all are common to all; and they consider liberality and hospitality amongst the first virtues.
这个国家从来没有人乞求过，因为所有人的家都是共同的;他们认为慷慨和好客是首要的美德。
It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
如果一个人忘恩负义，那是他的错;如果我不付出，那是我的错。只要能找到一个心存感激的人，我就会帮助许许多多没有这样做的人。
I try really hard to give my kids as much independence as I can, caring mostly about their character: Are they kind? Generous? Do they work hard?
我非常努力地给我的孩子尽可能多的独立性，主要关心他们的性格:他们善良吗?慷慨的吗?他们工作努力吗?
God's dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion.
上帝的梦想是你和我，以及我们所有人都将认识到我们是一家人，我们生来就是为了团聚、善良和同情。
My parents were pretty lenient with me. But, they gave me morality while I was growing up. They taught me the difference between right and wrong.
我的父母对我很宽容。但是，在我成长的过程中，他们给了我道德。他们教我分辨是非。
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Compassion is more important than intellect in calling forth the love that the work of peace needs, and intuition can often be a far more powerful searchlight than cold reason.
在唤起和平工作所需要的爱时，同情比理智更重要，而直觉往往比冷酷的理性更能成为一盏强大得多的探照灯。
Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.
隐藏的高尚行为最受尊敬。
The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.
孩子们必须掌握的第一个概念是善恶的区别。
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
善良是聋子能听见、瞎子能看见的语言。
A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string.
善意的话语很少是徒劳的，而机智的话语就像从断了的绳子上滑落的珍珠一样容易丢失。
People are not going to care about animal conservation unless they think that animals are worthwhile.
人们不会关心动物保护，除非他们认为动物是有价值的。