When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.

  • -- Eric Hoffer 埃里克·霍弗

当我们相信自己拥有唯一的真理时,我们很可能对日常生活中常见的真理漠不关心。

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Wars will remain while human nature remains. I believe in my soul in cooperation, in arbitration; but the soldier's occupation we cannot say is gone until human nature is gone.

只要人性还在,战争就会继续。我相信我的灵魂在合作中,在仲裁中;但是,在人性消失之前,我们不能说军人的职业已经消失。

Honestly, I just have to do what's right for me, and what I would tell people is what I believe, which is that tolerance is very important.

说实话,我只需要做对自己有利的事,我想告诉人们的是我的信念,那就是宽容是非常重要的。

Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession.

的确,每当一种新思想出现时,例如气球,战争就会立即占据上风。

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

听我话的、认识我的、就作我的子民、永得为业。