Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little that unhinges it, poor creatures that we are!

  • -- Charles Dickens 查尔斯·狄更斯

哦,神经,神经;这台神秘的机器叫人!啊,使它精神错乱的小东西,我们是多么可怜的生灵啊!

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But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these programs but also the subjects - that they should be actively involved in shaping the programs, making decisions about how to spend the money etc. - some of the previous supporters reconsidered.

但是,当其他人建议穷人不应该只是这些项目的对象,还应该是项目的主体——他们应该积极参与制定项目,决定如何花钱等等——之前的一些支持者重新考虑了这个问题。

My dad used to say, 'You have to become part of the machine to beat the machine,' and there's some validity in it. But honestly, even when I'm inside the machine, you still see me. I stick out a little bit.

我父亲曾经说过,‘你必须成为机器的一部分,才能打败机器。’这句话有一定的道理。但说实话,即使我在机器里,你还是能看到我。我有点突出。

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.

一个人把他所做的事和他可能做的事相比较,这是最令人痛心的。

The seminaries must be like the churches' poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity.

神学院必须像教堂的穷亲戚一样,通过节俭来延长他们的存在。

We can prevent Europe from becoming a spiritless machine that, in the end, grinds to a halt.

我们可以防止欧洲变成一个最终会停止运转的毫无生气的机器。

I don't know a man on this Earth who can outwork me.

我不知道这个世界上还有谁能比我工作得更努力。