In his state of complete powerlessness the individual perceives the time he has left to live as a brief reprieve.

  • -- Theodor W. Adorno 狄奥多·阿多诺

在他完全无能为力的状态下,个人把他剩下的时间看作是一个短暂的缓刑。

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I went with agnosticism for a long, long time because I just hated to say I was an atheist - being an atheist seemed so rigid. But the more I became comfortable with the word, and the more I read, it started to stick.

在很长一段时间里,我一直信奉不可知论,因为我只是不愿意说我是一个无神论者——作为一个无神论者似乎太死板了。但我对这个词越熟悉,读得越多,它就越能让我接受。

It's up to you to be responsible for how you feel if you're not happy. Your happiness lies in your hands. You can't rely on a man to make you happy or complete you. That starts with you.

如果你不开心,你要对自己的感觉负责。你的幸福就在你的手中。你不能指望一个男人能让你快乐或让你变得完整。从你开始。

I've always been interested in a lot of things, and a lot of things at the same time, and I always tried to explain them to myself. I ask a lot of questions.

我一直对很多事情都很感兴趣,同时也对很多事情很感兴趣,我总是试图向自己解释这些事情。我问了很多问题。

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.

从长远来看,品格是个人和国家生活中的决定性因素。

Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.

没有什么比个人责任更能强化判断,更能唤醒良知。

A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed.

一个法律少而又严格遵守法律的国家治理得更好。

Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.

幸福是短暂的。它不会留下来。上帝拍打着它的船帆。

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

我力求简洁,却变得晦涩难懂。

There is no complete theory of anything.

任何事物都没有完整的理论。