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。
Give to everyone who begs from you; and of him who takes away your goods do not ask them again. And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them.
凡求你的,就给他。也不要再问那夺你们财物的人。你们愿意人怎样待你们,你们也要怎样待人。
The greatest and most amiable privilege which the rich enjoy over the poor is that which they exercise the least - the privilege of making others happy.
富人比穷人享有的最大、最可亲的特权是他们行使得最少的特权——使他人幸福的特权。
Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses.
谁知道灵感从何而来。也许是因为绝望。也许它来自宇宙的偶然,来自缪斯女神的仁慈。
To forgive and to be forgiven are the two points of holy magnificence and holy modesty; round these two centres the whole doctrine of largesse revolves.
宽恕与被宽恕是神圣的庄严与神圣的谦虚的两点;围绕着这两个中心,整个慷慨的学说都在旋转。
To keep the Golden Rule we must put ourselves in other people's places, but to do that consists in and depends upon picturing ourselves in their places.
要遵守这条黄金法则,我们必须设身处地为他人着想,但要做到这一点,就必须设身处地为他人着想。
I don't know anyone who enjoys going to the hospital. To help remedy this, I got an idea to create what a Laugh Room in the pediatric ward of hospitals.
我不认识喜欢去医院的人。为了解决这个问题,我想到了一个主意,在医院的儿科病房里创造一个多么有趣的房间。
As in the rankest soil the most beautiful flowers are grown, so in the dark soil of poverty the choicest flowers of humanity have developed and bloomed.
正如在最贫瘠的土地上生长着最美丽的花朵一样,在最贫瘠的黑暗的土地上,人类开出了最美丽的花朵。
Your heart matters most, so be gentler and more patient with yourself, and their hearts matter most, too, so be kinder and more compassionate to others.
你的心是最重要的,所以要对自己更温柔、更有耐心,他们的心也是最重要的,所以要对别人更友善、更有同情心。
I think musicians and artists are the most philanthropic people I know. Their charity record of the music business would hold up to the work of anybody.
我认为音乐家和艺术家是我认识的最乐善好施的人。他们对音乐事业的慈善记录能经得起任何人的工作。
Always try to do something for the other fellow and you will be agreeably surprised how things come your way - how many pleasing things are done for you.
总是试着为别人做些事情,你会愉快地惊奇地发现事情是如何发生的——为你做了多少令人愉快的事情。
There is no substitute for hard work and taking responsibility for own own lives. And there is no substitute for love, patience, kindness and acceptance.
没有什么能代替努力工作和对自己的生活负责。爱、耐心、善良和接纳是无可替代的。
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.
我从健谈的人身上学会了沉默,从偏执的人身上学会了宽容,从无情的人身上学会了善良;然而,奇怪的是,我对那些老师不领情。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
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。
The blessings we evoke for another descend upon ourselves.
我们为他人唤起的祝福降临到我们自己身上。
Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul: for there is one which humbleth and exalteth.
人心里愁苦,不要嗤笑他,因为有一位降为卑,升为高。
The miracle is this: the more we share the more we have.
奇迹在于:我们分享的越多,我们拥有的就越多。
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
每个人都必须决定是走在创造性利他主义的光明中,还是走在破坏性自私的黑暗中。
Better do a kindness near home than go far to burn incense.
与其到远方烧香,不如到近处行善。