An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.

  • -- Martin Luther King Jr 马丁·路德·金

一个人如果违反了良心告诉他是不公正的法律,并且心甘情愿地接受监禁的惩罚,以唤起社会对其不公正的良心,那么他实际上是在表达对法律的最高尊重。

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Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.

每个人都有四种天赋——自我意识、良知、独立意志和创造性想象力。这些给了我们终极的人类自由……选择、回应和改变的能力。

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.

在任何读过历史的人看来,不服从是人的本性。进步是通过不服从,通过不服从和反叛取得的。

The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to society -- more briefly, to find your real job, and do it.

人类的首要职责是与社会建立起正确的功能性关系——更简单地说,找到你真正的工作,然后去做。

Some people are as fragile as butterflies and sensitive and it’s your responsibility not to destroy them. Just because you can.

有些人就像蝴蝶一样脆弱和敏感,你有责任不去摧毁他们。因为你可以。

Non-cooperation is a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for the opposite views.

不合作是对纪律和牺牲的一种衡量,它要求尊重对立的观点。

The house itself is of minor importance. Its relation to the community is the thing that really counts.

房子本身并不重要。它与社区的关系才是真正重要的。

Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. Above all, thou shalt not be a bystander.

你不应成为受害者。你不应该成为一个犯罪者。最重要的是,你不能做一个旁观者。

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.

我认为,领导力一度意味着肌肉;但是今天它意味着与人相处。

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

99%的失败来自于那些有找借口习惯的人。

Never deny a diagnosis, but do deny the negative verdict that may go with it.

永远不要否认诊断结果,但一定要否认可能伴随诊断结果而来的负面判断。

A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.

有罪的良心需要承认。一件艺术品是一种忏悔。

If we cannot do what we will, we must will what we can.

如果我们不能做我们想做的,我们必须做我们能做的。