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The end cannot justify the means, for the simple reason that the means employed determine the nature of the ends produced.

  • -- Aldous Huxley 奥尔德斯·赫胥黎

目的不能证明手段是正当的，因为所使用的手段决定了所产生的目的的性质。

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The implications of these considerations justify the statement that all empirically verifiable knowledge even the commonsense knowledge of everyday life - involves implicitly, if not explicitly, systematic theory in this sense.

这些考虑的含意证明，所有经验性可验证的知识，甚至日常生活的常识，都隐含地(如果不是明确地)涉及这种意义上的系统理论。

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I think we need to get the measurements that Congress has mandated from the White House on how we're going to determine progress in Afghanistan.

我认为，我们需要得到国会授权白宫就我们如何确定阿富汗的进展做出的衡量。

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Too often we think we can act without explaining and take decisions without justifying them.

我们常常认为我们可以不解释就采取行动，不为自己的决定辩护就做出决定。

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Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.

你的态度，而不是你的天资，将决定你的高度。

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