The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

  • -- Aristotle 亚里士多德

生命的终极价值取决于意识和沉思的力量,而不仅仅是生存。

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Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.

忠于真理是道德的标志;没有什么比一个勇于思考的人的行动更伟大、更高尚、更英勇的奉献精神了。

That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the beautiful.

我坚持认为,那种最纯洁、最高尚、最强烈的快乐,来自对美的沉思。

Awareness requires a rupture with the world we take for granted; then old categories of experience are called into question and revised.

意识需要与我们习以为常的世界决裂;然后,旧的经验类别就会受到质疑和修正。

All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only one man; no society will survive a shortage of women.

所有濒于死亡的社会都是男性社会。一个社会只能靠一个人生存;没有一个社会能在缺少妇女的情况下生存。

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, and compassion.

一个人的生命是有价值的,只要他通过爱、友谊和同情把价值归于他人的生命。

I value my privacy and my personal life - and I certainly don't exploit my personal life.

我重视我的隐私和我的个人生活——我当然不会利用我的个人生活。

The will to work of everyone in the country is the best guarantee of national survival.

每个人在这个国家工作的意愿是国家生存的最好保证。

The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible.

智者知道如何管理自己的生活,这样沉思才有可能。

The most valuable antiques are old friends.

最有价值的古董是老朋友。