我们整理了马丁·路德·金恩10组最经典的中英文双语名言。马丁·路德·金恩(Martin Luther King, Jr.,1929年1月15日-1968年4月4日),著名的美国民权运动领袖,1964年度诺贝尔和平奖获得者,有金恩牧师之称。
1. Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
仇恨瘫痪生命,爱却能释放生命。仇恨混浊生命,爱却能圆融生命。仇恨使生命黑暗,爱却能照亮生命。
2. Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
现在,我今天对我的朋友说,即使我们面对今天与明天的困难,我仍然有一个梦想。这是一个深植于美国梦的梦想。
3. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: - 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'
我有一个梦:有一天这个国家将会兴起,并且活出它的信念的真正意义─“我们把这些真理当作是自明的,所有的人生而平等!”
4.In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends .
在最后,我们会记得的不是敌人的话语,而是朋友们的沉默。
5.I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of im*ment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law .
我提出:一个违反良心告诉他那是不公正法律的人,并且他愿意接受牢狱的刑罚,以唤起社会的良心认识到那是不正义的,实际上他表现了对法律的最高敬意。
6.The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy .
对一个人的终极衡量,不在于他所曾拥有的片刻安逸,而在于他处于挑战与争议的时代。
7.It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
法律无法让一个人爱我,这也许是真的,但法律却能阻止他对我用私刑,而我认为那是相当重要的。
8.Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love .
为了所有人类的冲突,人类必须发展出一种方法拒绝报复、侵略与以牙还牙。像这样一个方法的基础,就是爱。
9.Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence .
不用暴力是我们时代关键性的政治与道德问题的答案。对人类而言,征服压迫与暴力不需要诉诸压迫与暴力
10.I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant .
我相信:没有武器的真理与无条件的爱,将会在现实中拥有最后话语权。那也是为什么短暂挫败的正直,是强过邪恶的胜利者。