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 could only try to comfort the women that I came face-to-face with. I was really moved by how much they wanted to talk, how much they needed to be comforted, and how happy they were that we were there.
我只能试着安慰那些和我面对面的女人。我真的很感动,他们是多么想聊天,多么需要安慰,他们是多么高兴我们在那里。
In our open society, we are inclined to give to the less fortunate for the pure goodness of giving. We open our home to those who are alone on this holiday to spread some warmth into the life of another.
在我们这个开放的社会里,我们倾向于为了纯粹的善行而给予那些不幸的人。在这个节日里,我们向那些孤独的人敞开家门,给他人的生活带去一些温暖。
I've come to learn that my initial investment is more about the person versus the product that I am buying into. I've also learned that I really do enjoy giving worthy people an opportunity of a lifetime.
我开始了解到,我最初的投资更多的是针对个人,而不是我所购买的产品。我也认识到,我真的喜欢给有价值的人一个一生难得的机会。
You, too, women, cast away all the cowards from your embraces; they will give you only cowards for children, and you who are the daughters of the land of beauty must bear children who are noble and brave.
女人啊,你们也把所有的懦夫从你们的拥抱中抛弃;他们只会给你懦夫的孩子,你们谁是美丽土地的女儿必须生育的孩子谁是高尚和勇敢的。
Probably my mother. She was a very compassionate woman, and always kept me on my feet. And I think part of it is just the way you are, the way you're raised. And she had the responsibility for raising me.
可能我的母亲。她是一个很有同情心的女人,总是让我振作起来。我认为部分原因是你的生活方式,你的成长方式。她有责任抚养我。
A political organization is a transferable commodity. You could not find a better way of killing virtue than by packing it into one of these contraptions which some gang of thieves is sure to find useful.
政治组织是一种可转让的商品。你找不到比把它装进这些精巧的东西里更好的消灭美德的方法了,这些东西一定会被一伙小偷发现有用的。
It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it.'
别人先来,你后来,这是一个很棒的老式观念。这就是我成长的全部准则。别人比你更重要,所以不要大惊小怪,亲爱的;继续干吧。”
If nature has made you a giver, your hands are born open, and so it is in your heart. And though there maybe times when your hands are empty, your heart is always full, and you can give things out of that.
如果大自然让你成为一个施与者,你的手天生是张开的,你的心也是如此。虽然有时你的手是空的,但你的心总是满满的,你可以从中得到一些东西。
When you are older you will understand how precious little things, seemingly of no value in themselves, can be loved and prized above all price when they convey the love and thoughtfulness of a good heart.
当你长大了,你就会明白,当一颗善良的心表达出爱和体贴时,那些看似毫无价值的小事情是多么珍贵,它们可以被爱,被珍视到高于一切的价值。
There are realities we all share, regardless of our nationality, language, or individual tastes. As we need food, so do we need emotional nourishment: love, kindness, appreciation, and support from others.
无论我们的国籍、语言或个人品味如何,我们都有共同的现实。正如我们需要食物一样,我们也需要情感的滋养:爱、善意、欣赏和来自他人的支持。
My stories are about humans and how they react, or fail to react, or react stupidly. I'm pointing the finger at us, not at the zombies. I try to respect and sympathize with the zombies as much as possible.
我的故事是关于人类的,关于他们如何反应,或者没有反应,或者反应愚蠢。我指的是我们,不是僵尸。我尽量尊重和同情僵尸。
If we are concerned about the exploitation of human workers in countries with low standards of worker protection, we should also be concerned about the treatment of even more defenceless non-human animals.
如果我们对工人保护水平低的国家剥削人类工人的现象感到关切,我们也应该对更加手无寸铁的非人类动物的待遇感到关切。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
You know that your happiness and suffering depend on the happiness and suffering of others. That insight helps you not to do wrong things that will bring suffering to yourself and to other people.
你知道你的快乐和痛苦取决于别人的快乐和痛苦。这种洞察力帮助你不做会给自己和他人带来痛苦的错误的事情。
The dedicated life is worth living. You must give with your whole heart.
奉献的生命是值得过的。你必须全心付出。
There are a few people who genuinely see the best in everyone.
有些人能真正看到每个人最好的一面。
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。
There is no happiness for people at the expense of other people.
以牺牲他人为代价的人是没有幸福可言的。
Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
善良可以成为它自己的动机。我们因仁慈而仁慈。