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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I shall strive not to be guilty of adding any fuel to the flames of hatred and passion which, if continued to be fed, promise to burn up whatever is left by the war of decent human feeling in Europe.

我将努力不为给仇恨和激情的火焰添上任何燃料而感到内疚,如果继续助长仇恨和激情,欧洲的人类良知之战所留下的一切将被烧毁。

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。

It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.

最好有系统地做事,因为我们只是人类,而混乱是我们最大的敌人。