As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.

  • -- Albert Einstein 爱因斯坦

只要数学定律适用于现实,它们就是不确定的;只要它们确定,它们就不适用于现实。

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If with open mind one reads and observes industriously and long; if in so doing one covers a wide field and so covering reflects in terms of realism, he is likely, soon or late, to be brought to a sudden consciousness that Man is an unknown quantity and his existence unsuspected.

如果一个人以开放的心态,勤奋而长久地阅读和观察;如果一个人这样做涵盖了一个广阔的领域,而这样的涵盖反映了现实主义,那么他可能很快或迟些时候会突然意识到,人是一个未知数,他的存在是不被怀疑的。

Fortunately, the war has brought with it not alone a stark realization of what another war would mean to the world, but as well the creation of an international agency through which the nations of the world can, if they so desire, make peace a living reality.

幸运的是,随着战争而来的不仅是对另一场战争对世界将意味着什么的明确认识,而且还建立了一个国际机构,如果世界各国希望通过该机构使和平成为现实。

It may be true, that men, who are mere mathematicians, have certain specific shortcomings, but that is not the fault of mathematics, for it is equally true of every other exclusive occupation.

诚然,仅仅是数学家的人也有某些特定的缺点,但这并不是数学的过错,因为其他任何排他性的职业也有同样的缺点。

We in science are spoiled by the success of mathematics. Mathematics is the study of problems so simple that they have good solutions.

我们搞科学的人被数学的成功宠坏了。数学是研究非常简单的问题,它们有很好的解决方案。

This is the merit and distinction of art: to be more real than reality, to be not nature but nature's essence.

这就是艺术的价值和区别:比现实更真实,不是自然而是自然的本质。

Ten men, ten tastes.

十个人,十种口味。