Regret calamities, if you can thereby help the sufferer; if not, attend your own work, and already the evil begins to be repaired.
若你的悲悯能帮助受难者,就为灾祸悲悯;若不能,就专心做好自己的工作,祸害便已开始得到补救。
— Ralph Waldo Emerson · Essays · Self-Reliance —
Regret calamities, if you can thereby help the sufferer; if not, attend your own work, and already the evil begins to be repaired.
若你的悲悯能帮助受难者,就为灾祸悲悯;若不能,就专心做好自己的工作,祸害便已开始得到补救。