本杰明·以利亚·梅斯是美国浸信会牧师和美国人权领袖，他为美国民权运动奠定了智力基础。梅斯教授和指导了许多有影响力的活动家，包括马丁·路德·金、朱利安·邦德、梅纳德·杰克逊和唐恩·克莱登等。
The tragedy of life is often not in our failure, but rather in our complacency; not in our doing too much, but rather in our doing too little; not in our living above our ability, but rather in our living below our capacities.
生活的悲剧往往不在于我们的失败，而在于我们的自满；不是做得太多，而是做得太少；不是生活在我们的能力之上，而是生活在我们的能力之下。
Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.
诚实的交流是建立在诚实和正直的基础上，建立在一方对另一方的尊重上。
Not failure, but low aim is sin.
不是失败，而是低目标是罪恶。
Every man and woman is born into the world to do something unique and something distinctive and if he or she does not do it, it will never be done.
每个男人和女人出生在这个世界上都是为了做一些独特的事情，如果他或她不去做，那就永远不会去做。
It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.
必须记住，生活的悲剧不在于没有达到你的目标。悲剧在于没有目标可实现。
It isn't a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for.
没有星星不是耻辱，但是没有星星是耻辱。
It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.
梦想没有实现就死去不是一场灾难，但没有梦想是一场灾难。
If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.
如果所传达的是错误的，那就很难称之为沟通。