A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.

链条的坚固程度取决于它最薄弱的环节，而生命毕竟是一根链条。

A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives.

只有当一个人服从帮助他所能帮助的所有生命的冲动，并避免伤害任何生命时，他才是真正有道德的。

A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men.

敬拜的服务主要是对上帝的服务。当我们意识到这一点并付诸行动时，我们就把它当作对人类的一种服务。

A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services.

一个名人的标志是，他的名字往往比他的服务更有价值。

A willing helper does not wait until he is asked.

肯帮忙的人不会等到别人叫他帮忙。

All four elements were happening in equal measure - the cuisine, the wine, the service, and the overall ambience. It taught me that dining could happen at a spiritual level.

所有这四个要素都在同等程度上发生着——烹饪、葡萄酒、服务和整体氛围。它教会我，用餐可以发生在精神层面。

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

只有当一个人能够超越他个人主义所关心的狭窄范围，进入全人类所关心的更广泛的问题时，他才开始生活。

And you realise you're doing a public service in making people happy - as a musician you can give people something a doctor, a lawyer, a politician cannot give them that. It's not scientific. It's spiritual - a good feeling. And although you don't know them personally, the audience are like your friends.

你意识到你在做一件让人们快乐的公共服务——作为一名音乐家，你可以给人们一些医生、律师、政治家不能给他们的东西。这不是科学。这是精神上的——一种美好的感觉。虽然你不认识他们，但是观众就像你的朋友一样。

And you yourself always be seated at the middle fo the high table that your presence as lord or lady may appear openly to all, and that you may plainly see on either side all the service and all the faults.

你自己总是坐在高台的中间，这样你作为主或夫人的身份就会在众人面前显露出来，你也会清楚地看到两边的一切服务和缺点。

As a matter of fact, even when I finished law school, I had no notion of public service then.

事实上，甚至当我从法学院毕业的时候，我对公共服务还一无所知。

Ask not the name of him who asks you for a bed. It is especially he whose name is a burden to him, who has need of an asylum (room).

不要问向你要床的人叫什么名字。尤其是那些名字对他来说是一种负担的人，他们需要一个避难所。

At a car dealership, the person who sells the car is the hero, and also gets the commission. But if the mechanics don't service that car well, the customer won't return.

在汽车经销商那里，卖车的人是英雄，也能得到佣金。但是如果修理工不能很好地保养那辆车，顾客就不会再来了。

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

在你为人类赢得一些胜利之前，不要羞于死亡。

Be it whim or emergency, the modern laboratory is equally at the service of romance, equally ready to gratify mankind with a torpedo or a toy.

无论是突发奇想还是紧急情况，现代实验室同样可以为浪漫服务，同样可以用鱼雷或玩具来满足人类的需求。

But I deal with this meditating and by understanding I've been put on the planet to serve humanity. I have to remind myself to live simply and not to overindulge, which is a constant battle in a material world.

但我处理这种冥想，通过理解我被安置在这个星球上是为了服务人类。我必须提醒自己要活得简单，不要过度放纵，这是一个物质世界里不断的战斗。