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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Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest -- then we can all die laughing.

与其为适者生存而工作,不如为最聪明的人而工作——这样我们就都能笑着死去。

I find my data first in myself, not first in the poets. For if I did not find it in myself, I would not be able to find it in the poets.

我发现我的数据首先在我自己身上,而不是在诗人身上。因为如果我在自己身上找不到它,我就无法在诗人身上找到它。

Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.

摄影充其量只是一个小小的声音,但有时一张照片,或者一组照片,就能吸引我们的意识。

Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.

没有科学史的科学哲学是空洞的;没有科学哲学的科学史是盲目的。

If there were a little more silence, if we all kept quiet... maybe we could understand something.

如果再安静一点,如果我们都保持安静……也许我们能理解。

Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them.

沉思和智慧是最高的成就,人类并不完全适应它们。

Truth can be costly, but in the end it never falls short of value for the price paid.

真理可能是昂贵的,但最终它永远不会低于所付出代价的价值。

Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.

生命来自肉体的生存;但是美好的生活来自于我们所关心的。

If you're not confused, you're not paying attention.

如果你没有感到困惑,你就没有集中注意力。

Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

只有我们真正生活的思想才有价值。