What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?

  • -- Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大卫·梭罗

如果你没有一个可以忍受的星球,那么房子有什么用呢?

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When people come to you for help, do not turn them off with pious words, saying, "Have faith and take your troubles to God." Act instead as though there were no God, as though there were only one person in the world who could help -- only yourself.

当人们向你寻求帮助时,不要用虔诚的话语来拒绝他们,说:“要有信心,把你的烦恼带到上帝那里去。”相反,要像没有上帝一样行动,就像世界上只有一个人能帮助你——只有你自己。

I see upon their noble brows the seal of the Lord, for they were born kings of the earth far more truly than those who possess it only from having bought it.

我看见他们高贵的额上有耶和华的印记,因为他们生来就是世上的君王,比那些买了地就得为业的人真实得多。

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

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。

I wish I'd done everything on earth with you.

我希望我和你一起做了世界上所有的事。