We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have - for their usefulness.

  • -- Thomas Merton 托马斯·默顿

我们是如此痴迷于做,我们没有时间和想象力留下。因此,人们看重的不是他们是什么样的人,而是他们所做的或所拥有的——以及他们的有用性。

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In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

在每个人的生活中,总有那么一段时间,我们内心的火焰熄灭了。然后,它会因为与另一个人的相遇而燃烧起来。我们都应该感谢那些重新点燃内在精神的人。

Men build bridges and throw ra ilroads across deserts, and yet they contend successfully that the job of sewing on a button is beyond them. Accordingly, they don't have to sew buttons.

人们在沙漠中架起了桥梁,修筑起了公路,然而他们成功地争辩说,缝一颗钮扣的工作超出了他们的能力范围。因此,他们不需要缝扣子。

Certain aspects of my personality are always going to come out on-screen. I guess that's just me - if they say I'm quirky, I'm quirky. It's better than being boring.

我性格的某些方面总是会在屏幕上表现出来。我想这就是我——如果他们说我古怪,我就是古怪。总比无聊好。

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.

如果一个国家不像这么多沉睡的梨子一样变得软弱,那么所有人的血管里都应该有一点叛逆的血液。

Recruiting Station was a story that came as the result of many anxious awakenings during many nights.

征兵站是一个故事,它发生在许多夜晚,许多人在焦虑中醒来。

Achievements, seldom credited to their source, are the result of unspeakable drudgery and worries.

成就,很少归功于他们的来源,是难以形容的苦工和忧虑的结果。

And don't waste time worshiping Harmony. Doing good was the worship.

不要浪费时间去崇拜和谐。行善是敬拜。

It's important I deliver a great show and a good time.

重要的是我要做一个很棒的表演,度过一段美好的时光。