Others indeed may talk, and write, and fight about liberty, and make an outward pretence to it; but the free-thinker alone is truly free.

  • -- George Berkeley 乔治伯克利

的确,有些人可能会谈论、写作、为自由而战,并在表面上假装自由;但只有自由思想者才是真正的自由。

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I think sometimes I should do more carousing, because I don't do much and maybe it would be fun occasionally. It's hard for me to have fun and I'm a serious thinker and a searcher and funny from the front.

我想有时候我应该多做些狂欢,因为我做的不多,也许偶尔会很有趣。对我来说很难找到乐趣,我是一个严肃的思考者,一个探索者,而且从一开始就很有趣。

The ill effects of thought come about when we forget that thought is a function of our consciousness... an ability that we as human beings have. We are the producers of our own thinking.

当我们忘记了思想是意识的一种功能时,思想的不良影响就产生了。我们人类拥有的能力。我们是自己思想的创造者。

If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion.

如果我们希望维持一个自由社会,我们必须认识到,某一特定目标的可取性并不是使用胁迫的充分理由。

If it were possible to have a life absolutely free from every feeling of sin, what a terrifying vacuum it would be.

如果有可能过一种完全没有任何罪恶感的生活,那将是一个多么可怕的真空。