The worst evil is not to commit crimes, but to fail to do the good one might have done.
最大的罪恶不在于犯罪,而在于未能行善。
The worst evil is not to commit crimes, but to fail to do the good one might have done.
最大的罪恶不在于犯罪,而在于未能行善。
The worst possible heritage to leave with children: high spiritual pretensions and low performance.
留给孩子最糟糕的遗产可能是:精神上的自命不凡和工作表现不佳。
Their spirituality was in nature, even though Emerson was a preacher on the pulpit, he ended up going out into nature for direct, face-to-face communication with God, if you want to call all of this creation part of God.
他们的灵性存在于自然之中,即使爱默生是一位布道者,他最终还是走到自然中,与上帝进行直接的,面对面的交流,如果你想把所有这些创造称为上帝的一部分。
Then, without realizing it, you try to improve yourself at the start of each new day; of course, you achieve quite a lot in the course of time. Anyone can do this, it costs nothing and is certainly very helpful. Whoever doesn't know it must learn and find by experience that a quiet conscience makes one strong.
然后,在没有意识到的情况下,你试着在新的一天开始的时候提高自己;当然,你在这段时间里取得了很大的成就。任何人都可以做到这一点,这是免费的,当然是非常有益的。谁不知道,就必须从经验中学习和发现,平静的良心使人坚强。
There is a wellspring of life within you where you can go for cleansing and transformation.
有一个生命的源泉在你里面,你可以去那里净化和转变。
There is an endless net of threads throughout the universe... At every crossing of the threads there is an individual. And every individual is a crystal bead. And every crystal bead reflects Not only the light from every other crystal in the net But also every other reflection Throughout the entire universe.
宇宙中有无数的丝线…… 每条线的交叉处都有一个独立的点。 每个人都是一颗水晶珠。 每颗水晶珠都会反射 不仅是网中其他晶体发出的光 还有其他的反射 整个宇宙。
There is far more spiritual potential within than most people realize. the potential is so great that to define it in words would be impossible.
内心有比大多数人意识到的更多的精神潜力。潜力是如此之大,用文字来定义它是不可能的。
There is no life without death.
没有死就没有生。
There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.
不需要寺庙,不需要复杂的哲学。我的头脑和心就是我的庙宇;我的哲学是善良。
There is nothing around me but money, money, money.
我身边除了钱,钱,钱,什么都没有。
There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.
没有什么比无纪律的头脑更不听话的了,也没有什么比有纪律的头脑更听话的了。
There was a time when people accepted magical experiences as natural. There were no priests then, and no one went chasing after the secrets of the occult.
曾经有一段时间,人们认为魔法体验是自然的。那时没有牧师,也没有人去追寻神秘的秘密。
This fire that we call Loving is too strong for human minds. But just right for human souls.
我们称之为爱的火焰对人类的思想来说太强大了。但这对人类灵魂来说是正确的。
This is the secret of life: the self lives only by dying, finds its identity (and its happiness) only by self-forgetfulness, self-giving, self-sacrifice, and agape love.
这就是生活的秘密:自我只有在死亡中才能生存,只有在自我遗忘、自我奉献、自我牺牲和爱的大爱中才能找到自己的身份(和幸福)。
Time (again, Time) like the soul, wears many faces, many bodies and climates and attitudes. The past is one face, the present a second and the future yet another.
时间(再一次,时间)像灵魂一样,有许多面孔、许多身体、许多气候和态度。过去是一张脸,现在是另一张脸,未来又是另一张脸。