God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, A gauntlet with a gift in it.

  • -- Elizabeth Barrett Browning 伊丽莎白·巴雷特·布朗宁

上帝对一些祷告的回应是尖锐而突然的, 把我们祈求的东西推到我们面前, 带着礼物的护手。

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There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life -- happiness, freedom, and peace of mind -- are always attained by giving them to someone else.

有一个奇妙的神话般的自然法则,我们在生活中最渴望的三样东西——幸福、自由和内心的平静——总是通过给予别人而得到的。

Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.

慷慨不在于给予得多,而在于送得及时。