Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of 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愿望,以准备死亡的形式活着。

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Hope, insofar as it is hope of resurrection, is the living contradiction of what it proceeds from and what is placed under the sign of the Cross and death.

希望,就复活的希望而言,是它所产生的东西与被置于十字架和死亡标记之下的东西之间的活生生的矛盾。

When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we know that it is really a door.

当一个矛盾只有用谎言才能解决时,我们就知道它其实是一扇门。

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.

乐观是取得成就的必要条件,也是勇气和真正进步的基础。

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.

敢,就是一时失足。不敢,就是失去自己。