A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention.

  • -- Aldous Huxley 奥尔德斯·赫胥黎

像孩子一样的男人不是发育受阻的人;相反,他给了自己一个继续发展的机会,即使大多数成年人早已将自己包裹在中年习惯和习俗的茧中。

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Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.

我们为什么要去想那些可爱的东西呢?因为思考决定生活。把生活归咎于环境是一种普遍的习惯。环境改变生命,但并不支配生命。灵魂比周围的环境更强大。

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of christmas.

圣诞节不是一个时间,也不是一个季节,而是一种心态。珍惜和平与善意,拥有丰盛的仁慈,才是真正的圣诞精神。

The love of the famous, like all strong passions, is quite abstract. Its intensity can be measured mathematically, and it is independent of persons.

名人的爱情,就像所有强烈的激情一样,是相当抽象的。它的强度可以用数学方法测量,而且与人无关。

Over the last four years, I've made a habit of coming into my office in the morning and just getting to work.

在过去的四年里,我养成了一个习惯,每天早上来到办公室,然后就开始工作。

We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.

在科学上,我们对自己本质上的无知有一个越来越复杂的认识。

In order to have wisdom we must have ignorance.

要有智慧,就必须有无知。