There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform.

  • -- Xenophon 色诺芬

如果一位将军无论如何都能表现出他的最佳能力,那么他所领导的人就会轻视他,这是没有什么风险的。

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When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.

当你结婚的时候,问自己这个问题:你相信在你年老的时候你能和这个人很好地交谈吗?婚姻中的其他一切都是短暂的。

No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for education no man's education is complete.

没有一个崇拜教育的人能从教育中得到最好的东西……没有对教育的温和蔑视,没有人的教育是完整的。

One thing I know: The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

有一件事我是知道的:在你们当中,只有那些愿意寻求发现如何为别人服务的人,才是真正幸福的。

Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope, and peace.

孩子是神的使徒,天天奉差遣,传讲爱、盼望与和平。

Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say.

传道不是因为你必须要说什么,而是因为你有话要说。

Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.

伟大的艺术是伟人对渺小艺术的蔑视。