All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.

  • -- Theodore Bikel 西奥多·比凯尔

骄傲常常伴随着力量,我们决不能认为正义是站在强者一边的。使用权力必须始终伴随着道德选择。

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Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength and potency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices and decisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habits and to cultivate higher, more effective.

权力是行动的能力,完成某事的力量和潜力。它是做出选择和决定的重要能量。它还包括克服根深蒂固的习惯和培养更高、更有效的习惯的能力。

Sometimes a neighbor whom we have disliked a lifetime for his arrogance and conceit lets fall a single commonplace remark that shows us another side, another man, really; a man uncertain, and puzzled, and in the dark like ourselves.

有时候,一个我们一生都不喜欢的邻居,因为他的傲慢和自负,说出一句平凡的话,就会让我们看到他的另一面,一个真正的人;一个像我们一样茫然不知所措的人。

Reason guides our attempt to understand the world about us. Both reason and compassion guide our efforts to apply that knowledge ethically, to understand other people, and have ethical relationships with other people.

理性引导我们试图了解周围的世界。理性和同情心都引导我们努力将知识运用到道德上,去理解他人,并与他人建立道德关系。

We need to find the courage to say NO to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.

如果我们想重新发现自己,活出真实的自己,我们需要找到勇气对那些对我们无益的人和事说不。

Strength does not come from physical capacity, it comes from an indomitable will.

力量不是来自体力,而是来自不屈不挠的意志。

If I had not some strength of will I would make a first class drunkard.

如果我没有一点意志力,我就会成为一流的酒鬼。

The power of choosing good and evil is within the reach of all.

选择善与恶的能力是每个人都能做到的。

In hindsight, I slid into arrogance based upon past success.

事后看来,过去的成功让我变得傲慢。

The propensity to do good things is a choice.

做好事的倾向是一种选择。

Life is the sum of all your choices.

生活是你所有选择的总和。