Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.

  • -- G. K. Chesterton 特顿

勇气几乎是一种矛盾。它意味着一种强烈的求生欲望,表现为随时准备死去。

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I have this burning desire to get out there and do my best. It's as if I'm keeping it all in a little bottle, and it's all going to come out when I do the best I'm capable of doing.

我有一种强烈的愿望,那就是走出去,尽我最大的努力。就好像我把所有的东西都装在一个小瓶子里,当我尽我所能的时候,所有的东西都会出来。

That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of the laws which structure his conformity and define his deviancy.

人是一种需要秩序但又渴望改变的生物,这是构成他的从众性和定义他的越轨行为的法则的核心的创造性矛盾。

The desire to be rewarded for one's creativity does not justify depriving the world in general of all or part of that creativity.

想要因自己的创造力而获得回报的愿望,并不足以证明一般而言剥夺世界的全部或部分创造力是合理的。

Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.

矛盾不是虚假的标志,不矛盾也不是真理的标志。

To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.

人的勇气就是坚信自己的希望能够实现,并为之坚持不懈。

Courage, my friends; 'tis not too late to build a better world.

勇气,我的朋友;现在建设一个更美好的世界还为时不晚。