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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I think one of the important evolutions is that we no longer feel compulsively the need to argue, or to justify things on a kind of rational level. We are much more willing to admit that certain things are completely instinctive and others are really intellectual.

我认为一个重要的进步是我们不再强迫自己去争论,或者在理性的层面上为事情辩护。我们更愿意承认某些事情完全是本能的,而另一些则是真正的智慧。

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。

Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.

决定永远不要无所事事……如果我们总是在做,那么能做多少事情就太好了。

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。