I have learned silence from the talkative
toleration from the intolerant
and kindness from the unkind
yet strange
I am
ungrateful
to these teachers
我从话多的人那里学会沉默
从偏执的人那里学会宽容
从刻薄的人那里学会仁慈
但也奇怪
我对这些老师并不感激
If you can see only what light reveals
and hear only what sound announces
Then in truth
you do not see nor do you hear
如果你只能于光明之处看见影像
只能于有声处听见声音
那么
你其实既看不到也听不见
If it were not for our conception of
weights and measures
we would stand in awe of the firefly
as we do before the sun
若不是因为我们崇尚重量和尺度
我们站在萤火虫前
就会像在太阳前一样心怀敬畏
If you reveal your secrets to the wind
you should not blame the wind
for revealing them to the trees
倘若你把自己的秘密透露给风
那就别怪风把你的秘密散播给树
The envious praises me unknowingly.
妒嫉我的人在无意中赞扬了我。
Generosity is not in giving me that
which I need more than you do
but it is in giving me
that
which you need more than I do
慷慨不在于把我比你更需要的东西给我
而在于把你比我更需要的东西给我
Generosity is giving more than you can
and pride is taking less than you need
慷慨是给予你所能给予的更多
自尊是接受比你所需要的更少
How mean am I
when life gives me gold
and I give you silver
and yet I deem myself generous
我是何等卑鄙
当生活给了我金
我却给你银
还自以为很大方
I would be the least among men
with dreams and the desire to fulfill them
rather than the greatest
with no dreams and no desire
我宁做个最渺小的人
拥有这梦想和实现梦想的渴望
也不做那既无梦想
也无渴望的
最伟大的人
You cannot judge any man
beyond your knowledge of him
and how small is your knowledge
你判断一个人不可能超过你对他的了解
而你的了解又是多么肤浅
Wisdom ceases to be wisdom
when it becomes too proud to weep
too grave to laugh
and too self-full to seek other than itself
当智慧骄傲到不能哭泣
庄严到无法欢笑
自满到放弃交流
那就不是智慧了
A bigot is a stone-deaf orator.
一个执迷不悟的人是个全聋的演说家。
A shy failure is nobler than an immodest success.
