I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform to my own whims and fancies. I cannot make even my own body obey me.

  • -- Thomas Merton 托马斯·默顿

我不能让宇宙服从我。我不能让别人顺从我自己的想法。我不能叫我自己的身体顺服我。

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As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?

只要你的身体健康,在控制之中,死亡是遥远的,试着拯救你的灵魂;当死亡是内在的,你能做什么?

With whatever talent and resources I have, I'm trying to bring light to penetrate the darkness many people feel.

无论我有什么才能和资源,我都在努力让光明穿透许多人所感受到的黑暗。

A simple goodbye can make us cry. A simple joke can make us love and a simple care can make us fall in love.

一句简单的再见就能让我们哭泣。一个简单的笑话可以让我们相爱,一个简单的关心可以让我们相爱。

Do you ever wonder if we make the moments in our lives or if the moments in our lives make us?

你有没有想过,是我们自己创造了生命中的某些时刻,还是这些时刻创造了我们?

An actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.

一个演员应该能够在他的手掌中创造宇宙。

If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.

如果我能用我的身体,我会把它扔出窗外。

The cosmos is all that is, or ever was, or ever will be.

宇宙就是一切,过去是,将来也是。

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

信念使人分裂。怀疑团结他们。