To seek the timeless way we must first know the quality without a name. There is a central quality which is the root criterion of life and spirit in a man, a town, a building, or a wilderness. This quality is objective and precise, but it cannot be named.

  • -- Christopher Alexander 克里斯托弗·亚历山大

要寻求永恒的道路,我们必须先知道没有名字的品质。在一个人、一座城市、一座建筑或一片荒野中,有一种核心品质是生命和精神的根本准则。这种品质是客观和精确的,但却无法命名。

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There is one timeless way of building. It is a thousand years old, and the same today as it has ever been. The great traditional buildings of the past, the villages and tents and temples in which man feels at home, have always been made by people who were very close to the center of this way.

有一种永恒的建筑方式。它已经有一千年的历史了,今天和过去一样。过去伟大的传统建筑,村庄,帐篷和寺庙,让人有宾至如归的感觉,总是由离这条路很近的人建造的。

Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present.

死亡不是生命中的一件大事:我们活着不是为了体验死亡。如果我们认为永恒不是指无限的时间,而是永恒,那么永恒的生命属于活在当下的人。

You can't be crazy and wild when you're on work time. But, I like it, in that sense I think it makes you a better person for having matured at a younger age.

你不可能在上班的时候又疯又野。但是,我喜欢它,从这个意义上说,我认为它使你成为一个更好的人,因为你在更年轻的时候就成熟了。

I'd always loved poetry and I'd always loved writing music and composing music, but I hadn't thought of putting the two together until around that time.

我一直都喜欢诗歌,我一直都喜欢写音乐和作曲,但直到那个时候我才想到把这两者结合起来。

Because everything we say and do is the length and shadow of our own souls, our influence is determined by the quality of our being.

因为我们说的和做的每件事都是我们灵魂的长度和影子,我们的影响力是由我们的存在的质量决定的。

You can be childlike without being childish. A child always wants to have fun. Ask yourself, "Am I having fun?"

你可以像孩子一样而不幼稚。孩子总是想要玩得开心。问问你自己,“我玩得开心吗?”

I'm open to comments. I'm open to objective points of view, because I've been very narrow and very subjective.

我愿意听取意见。我对客观的观点持开放态度,因为我一直非常狭隘,非常主观。

Being a psychologist did enable me to maintain objectivity.

作为一名心理学家,我确实能够保持客观。

The quality of life decreases with heightened security.

生活质量随着安全程度的提高而下降。

Conflict cannot survive without your participation.

没有你们的参与,冲突就无法生存。