I think that to a very great extent we are partners with the divine in this enterprise called history. That is an ongoing relationship, and there is absolutely no guarantee that things will automatically work out to our best advantage.

  • -- Chaim Potok 小说家波图克

我认为在很大程度上,我们是神圣的伙伴,在这个叫做历史的事业中。这是一种持续的关系,而且绝对不能保证事情会自动地向我们最好的方向发展。

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My best mentor is a mechanic - and he never left the sixth grade. By any competency measure, he doesn't have it. But the perspective he brings to me and my life is, bar none, the most helpful.

我最好的导师是一名机械师,他从没有离开过六年级。以任何能力衡量,他都不具备这种能力。但他给我和我的生活带来的视角,毫无疑问,是最有帮助的。

The present times require the vigor and the activity of the prime of life; but I feel the increasing infirmities of age to such a degree, that I am conscious I cannot serve you to advantage.

当今时代需要壮年时期的活力和活动;但我感到年事已高,体弱多病,我知道我不能为你效劳。

You do not know what life means when all the difficulties are removed! I am simply smothered and sickened with advantages. It is like eating a sweet dessert the first thing in the morning.

当所有的困难都消除后,你不知道生活意味着什么!我只是被优点压得喘不过气来。这就像早上第一件事就是吃甜点一样。

The best subjects are always people, who never fail to amaze me by their unpredictability.

最好的主题总是人,他们从不因自己的不可预测性而令我惊讶。