The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our conduct.

  • -- Paul Ricoeur 保罗·利科

道德律要求我们把世界上可能达到的最高善作为我们一切行为的最终目标。

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Never forget that the purpose for which a man lives is the improvement of the man himself, so that he may go out of this world having, in his great sphere or his small one, done some little good for his fellow creatures and labored a little to diminish the sin and sorrow that are in the world.

不要忘记一个人的生活的目的是改善人类自身,所以,他可能离开这个世界,在他伟大的球或小,做一些有利于他的生物和有点困难减少世界上的罪恶和悲伤。

All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

历史的全部教训用四句话概括: 神要谁灭亡,必先使谁因势力而发狂。 天网恢恢,疏而不漏。天网恢恢,疏而不漏。 蜜蜂使它抢夺的花受精。 当足够黑的时候,你可以看到星星。

It is a high patriotic duty that we support and sustain the men who have been placed in position of difficulty, burden, responsibility, and even danger as the result of our suffrages.

我们支持和支持那些由于我们的选举而处于困难、负担、责任甚至危险境地的人,这是一项崇高的爱国责任。

There are two Newman's laws. The first one is "It is useless to put on your brakes when you're upside down." The second is "Just when things look darkest, they go black."

有两个纽曼定律。第一个是“当你倒着的时候,踩刹车是没有用的。”第二个是“当事情看起来最黑暗的时候,它们就会变黑。”

I do not believe in the immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern without any superhuman authority behind it.

我不相信个人的不朽,我认为道德是人类独有的,没有任何超人权威的支持。

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

始终致力于思想、言语和行为的完全和谐。时刻致力于净化你的思想,一切都会好起来的。

This is the law of God by which He makes His way known to man and is paramount to all human control.

这是神的律法,藉着这律法,他将自己的道显明给人,并且在人一切的权下是至高的。

Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community.

法律;为公共利益而制定的理性条例,由关心社会的人制定。

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

只要你的目标是履行你的职责,人类就会在你失败的地方给你荣誉。

Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right.

每当两个好人就原则发生争执时,他们都是对的。

Give me where to stand, and I will move the earth.

求你给我站住的地方,我就使地震动。

Life aint nothing but a good groove.

人生不过是一段美好的沟槽。