「是當你耐心的在生活裡的小差事努力工作時，你首度了解生命全部的意義及外貌。」"It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you."

"It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you."

– Phillips Brooks, clergyman

「是當你耐心的在生活裡的小差事努力工作時，你首度了解生命全部的意義及外貌。」– 菲利普‧布鲁克斯 (神職人員)
toil 是「努力工作」，如：to toil in the fields. (在田裡努力工作)。the whole of something 是「某件事的全部」，如：The whole of the afternoon was wasted. (整個下午都浪費掉了。) dawn on somebody 是「首度了解某件事」，如：The ghastly truth dawned on me. (我首度知道這恐怖的事實。)
菲利普‧布鲁克斯 (1835-1893) 是美國牧師及作家，在 1890 年代早期曾擔任美國聖公會麻省區的教主。