It is surely a great calamity for a human being to have no obsessions.

  • -- Robert Bly 罗伯特·布莱

对一个人来说,没有执着无疑是一个巨大的灾难。

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The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.

在暴风雨面前弯下腰的柳树,往往比抵抗暴风雨的橡树逃得快;因此,在重大灾难中,有时轻浮轻浮的人比高尚的人更容易恢复他们的弹性和镇定。

In the time we have it is surely our duty to do all the good we can to all the people we can in all the ways we can.

在我们所拥有的时间里,我们有责任尽我们所能,尽我们所能,以我们所能的方式,为所有的人做最好的事情。

Not all human souls but only the pious ones are divine.

不是所有的人的灵魂都是神圣的,只有虔诚的人才是神圣的。

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

艺术是如此博大,人类的智慧是如此狭隘。