The real end of prayer is not so much to get this or that single desire granted, as to put human life into full and joyful conformity with the will of God.

  • -- Charles Bent 查尔斯·本特

祷告的真正目的,与其说是要满足这个或那个单一的愿望,不如说是要使人的生命完全喜乐地符合神的旨意。

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Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.

看着一大群朋友和我自己的母亲在相当短的时间内相继离世,我确信纯粹的唯物主义“解释”我们神秘的人类存在根本行不通——在智力层面上。

I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.

我试着保持乐观。我读过这本书,它告诉你每天写下你感激的每件事。现在我不断地注意到所有让我快乐的小事情。

Most of us experience a life full of wonderful moments and difficult moments. But for many of us, even when we are most joyful, there is fear behind our joy.

我们大多数人的生活充满了美好的时刻和困难的时刻。但对我们许多人来说,即使是在最快乐的时候,快乐的背后也隐藏着恐惧。

I've always been aware of having feelings that were pretty intense at times. I imagine most people have had that, or they wouldn't be human.

我一直意识到有时会有非常强烈的感觉。我想大多数人都有过这样的经历,否则他们就不是人了。