Observance of customs and laws can very easily be a cloak for a lie so subtle that our fellow human beings are unable to detect it. It may help us to escape all criticism, we may even be able to deceive ourselves in the belief of our obvious righteousness. But deep down, below the surface of the average man's conscience, he hears a voice whispering, "There is something not right," no matter how much his rightness is supported by public opinion or by the moral code.
对习俗和法律的遵从很容易成为对谎言的掩饰,这种掩饰极为巧妙,令人无法察觉。它可以使我们逃避所有的批评,它甚至能够使我们欺骗自己,令我们相信自己是 显然正当的。但是无论他的正当性得到多少公众舆论或道德准则的支持,在内心深处、在普通人的意识层次之下,他仍听到一个低低的声音:“哪儿有点不正常”。
我们与他人和自己的沟通方式最终决定了我们生活的质量。
最好的领导者是那些多听少说,并且始终以诚信行事的人。
体育精神是在胜利时不沾沾自喜,在失败时不抱怨,并尊重对手的能力。
文学的美在于它让我们能够过多种生活,体验不同的世界,感受他人的情感。
The past is never dead; it is not even past.