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 have had friends who have acted kindly towards me, and it has been my good fortune to have it in my power to give them substantial proofs of my gratitude.
我有一些朋友对我很好,我很幸运,我有能力向他们表达我的感激之情。
There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity.
有压倒性的证据表明,一个人的自尊水平越高,他就越有可能尊重、善良和慷慨地对待他人。
To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.
能行五者于天下,为仁矣。……恭、宽、信、敏、惠。
Compassionate listening is to help the other side suffer less. If we realize that other people are the same people as we are, we are no longer angry at them.
富有同情心的倾听是帮助对方减少痛苦。如果我们意识到其他人和我们是一样的人,我们就不再对他们生气了。
What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give.
我们所说的慷慨,在很大程度上只是给予的虚荣心;我们这样做是因为我们更喜欢虚荣心而不是我们给予的东西。
These poems, with all their crudities, doubts, and confusions, are written for the love of Man and in praise of God, and I'd be a damn' fool if they weren't.
这些诗,连同它们所有的残酷、怀疑和困惑,都是为了人类的爱和赞美上帝而写的,如果它们不是,我将是一个该死的傻瓜。
If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.
如果有一个美丽的南非的梦想,也有通向他们目标的道路。其中两条路可以命名为善良和宽恕。
I think that you really don't have a choice, when you see that things are wrong the only choice you really have is to just do what you can to make it better.
我认为你真的没有选择,当你看到事情不对的时候,你唯一的选择就是尽你所能让它变得更好。
Primate and elephant and even pig societies show considerable evidence of care for others, parent-child bonding, solidarity in the face of danger, and so on.
灵长类动物、大象,甚至猪类社会都表现出相当多的关爱他人、亲子关系、面对危险时的团结等方面的证据。
Let's look at people as artists and try to support them; just because Picasso painted a couple of bad paintings, that's no reason to say he's a lousy painter.
让我们把人们看作艺术家,并努力支持他们;仅仅因为毕加索画过几幅不好的画,这并不是说他是个差劲的画家。
What is that charity worth which does not spare the wretched person’s feelings, which instead, before providing comfort, begins by wiping out his self-esteem.
不宽恕一个可怜的人的感情,而不先安慰他,先消除他的自尊,这样的慈善有什么价值呢?
I still feel the impulse to give young writers a hearing, and I believe I have played more unpublished compositions than any other band leader in the country.
我仍然有一种冲动,想给年轻作家一个机会,我相信我演奏的未发表的作品比这个国家任何其他乐队的领导人都多。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.
给予比接受更好,因为给予开启了接受的过程。
Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he or she treats a person who can do them absolutely no good.
记住,衡量一个人的真正标准是他或她如何对待一个对他们毫无益处的人。
In a world that owes you nothing give everything.
在一个不欠你任何东西的世界里,付出一切。
Goodness and hard work are rewarded with respect.
善良和勤奋会得到尊重的回报。
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。