1.决定一个人命运的是他的选择,哈利,绝不单单是他的能力。
(It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities。)
2.人必须要面对现实而不能老活在幻想中。
(Don't dwell on dreams and forget to live。)
3.真相,这是一种美丽而可怕的东西,需要格外谨慎地对待。
(The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution。)
4.对事物永远使用正确的称呼。对一个名称的恐惧,就会强化对这个事物本身的恐惧。
(Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself。)
5.只有当在这里的人都背叛我的时候,我才算真正离开了……
(You will find that I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me。)
6.人们容易原谅别人的错误,却很难原谅别人的正确。
(People find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right。)
7.年轻人不知道上了年纪的人是怎么想的,也不知道他们的感受,但是如果上了年纪的人忘记了年轻的时候是怎么样情景,那就大错特错了。
(Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young。)
8.大家对于黑暗与死亡的恐惧并不是它们的本身,而是对于它们的未知。
(It’s the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more." )
9.死亡实际上就像是经过漫长的一天之后,终于上床休息了。而且,对于头脑十分清醒的人来说,死亡不过是另一场伟大的冒险。
(It really is like going to bed after a very, very long day. After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure。)
10.勇气有许多种,对付敌人,我们需要超人的胆量,而要在朋友面前坚持自己的立场,同样也需要很大的勇气。
(There are all kinds of courage. It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends。)
11.被一个人这样深深地爱过,尽管那个爱我们的人已经死了,也会给我们留下一个永远的护身符,它就藏在你的皮肤里。
(To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever. It is in your very skin。)
12.这样忍受痛苦,证明你还是一个人,这种痛苦是人性的一部分。
(Suffering like this proves you are still a man! This pain is part of being human。)
13.一个人的价值不在于他的能力,而在于他的选择。
(A person's value is not depends on his ability, but on his choices。)