The stranger is close to us, insofar as we feel between him and ourselves common features of a national, social, occupational, or generally human, nature. He is far from us, insofar as these common features extend beyond him or us, and connect us only because they connect a great many people.
陌生人与我们接近,因为我们在他们和我们自己之间感受到民族、社会、职业或一般人类本性的共同特征。他们远离我们,因为这些共同特征超越了他们或我们,并且只因为它们连接了许多人而连接我们。
生活的美丽在于,虽然我们不能撤销已经发生的事情,但我们可以看见它,理解它,从中学习并改变。因此,每一个新的时刻都不应浪费在后悔、内疚、恐惧或愤怒中,而应花费在智慧、理解和爱中。
It’s not the world that’s cruel. It’s the people in it.