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。
People who put themselves on the line and sacrifice their own safety for the greater good and for others, and anyone in any profession whose concern is the welfare for other people instead of the individual, are inspiring and important.
那些为了更大的利益和他人牺牲自己的安全而甘冒风险的人,以及任何职业中关心他人而不是个人福祉的任何人,都是鼓舞人心和重要的。
I think I've kind of been mistaken for somebody who's trying to be a spokesperson for animal rights, and the fact is I'm not qualified to be a spokesperson. I am passionate about it, but I'm not trying to make other people do what I do.
我想我被误认为是一个试图成为动物权利代言人的人,而事实是我没有资格成为代言人。我对它充满热情,但我并不想让别人做我做的事情。
When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from the grief of their conduct you can be sure there is an angel nestling in their heart.
当一个孩子流泪,不是因为害怕惩罚,而是因为悔改,他不需要惩罚。当他们为自己的行为感到悲哀而流泪时,你可以肯定,有一位天使正依偎在他们的心里。
In the order I was in, each brother takes five vows, one of which is teaching the poor gratuitously. As a young person I was seized by this idea of social justice and I wanted very much to follow my vow of teaching the poor gratuitously.
按我所处的次序,弟兄们要许五个愿,其中一个是白白地教训穷人。作为一个年轻人,我被这种社会公正的观念所吸引,我非常想遵循我的誓言,无偿地教育穷人。
I am in the process of starting a nonprofit organization that gives rescued animals a home in a simulated wild environment and, for those who have been tested on, who are disabled, aggressive, etc., their own space to live out their days.
我正在创建一个非盈利组织,为获救的动物在模拟的野外环境中提供一个家,并为那些经过测试的、残疾的、有攻击性的等等,提供他们自己的空间来度过他们的日子。
Words can break someone into a million pieces, but they can also put them back together. I hope you use yours for good, because the only words you'll regret more than the ones left unsaid are the ones you use to intentionally hurt someone.
言语可以把一个人撕成碎片,也可以把它们重新组合在一起。我希望你好好利用你的语言,因为只有那些你故意用来伤害别人的话,才会让你比那些没有说出口的话更后悔。
We tend to read each other's books in sizeable chunks as they are written. I don't know that you could say we are ruthless with each other - in fact, I suppose we are very kind. There are ways to make suggestions which are not destructive.
我们倾向于在对方写书的时候大量阅读对方的书。我不知道你能不能说我们彼此都很无情——事实上,我想我们都很善良。有一些方法可以提出不具破坏性的建议。
Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.
从今天开始,对待你遇到的每一个人,就像他们将在午夜前死去一样。尽你所能地给予他们关怀、善意和理解,不要想着任何回报。你的生活将不再一样。
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it ? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
你们中间谁有一百只羊,失去一只,不把这九十九只撇在旷野,去找那失去的羊,直到找着呢。找着了,就欢欢喜喜的扛在肩上。
Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care , kindness, and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.
从今天开始,对待你遇到的每一个人,就像他们将在午夜前死去一样。向他们提供你所能提供的所有关心、善意和理解,不要想着任何回报。你的生活将不再一样。
I absolutely believe in the power of tithing and giving back. My own experience about all the blessings I've had in my life is that the more I give away, the more that comes back. That is the way life works, and that is the way energy works.
我绝对相信奉献和回报的力量。我自己的经验是,我在生活中得到的所有祝福,我付出得越多,得到的回报也越多。这就是生命运作的方式,这就是能量运作的方式。
To pick out the wildest and most fantastical odd man alive, and to place your kindness there, is an act so brave and daring as will show the greatness of your spirit and distinguish you in love, as you are in all things else, from womankind.
把世上最狂野、最异想天开的怪人挑出来,把你的善良放在那里,这是一种勇敢无畏的行为,它会显示出你精神上的伟大,会让你在爱情上——就像你在其他所有事情上一样——与女性有所区别。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Appreciate everything your associates do for the business. Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They're absolutely free and worth a fortune.
感谢你的同事为公司所做的一切。没有什么能完全替代几句精心挑选的、适时的、真诚的赞美之词。它们绝对免费,而且价值不菲。
Sharing what you have is more important than what you have.
分享你所拥有的比你所拥有的更重要。
Forgiveness is really just another word for freedom.
宽恕其实只是自由的另一种说法。
Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?
为什么人们不能坐下来读书,对彼此好一点呢?
Forcing people to be generous isn't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts that are truly voluntary for all concerned can be truly compassionate.
强迫人们慷慨并不是人道主义的、有效的、富有同情心的或道德的。只有对所有相关的人真正自愿的行为,才能真正富有同情心。
We do not love people so much for the good they have done us, as for the good we have done them.
我们爱别人,不是因为他们对我们做的好事,而是因为我们对他们做的好事。