Only reason can convince us of those three fundamental truths without a recognition of which there can be no effective liberty: that what we believe is not necessarily true; that what we like is not necessarily good; and that all questions are open.

  • -- Clive Bell 克莱夫·贝尔

只有理性才能使我们相信这三个基本真理,而不承认这三个真理,就不可能有真正的自由:我们相信的不一定是真理;我们喜欢的不一定是好的;所有的问题都是开放的。

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Here's the teaching point, if you're teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does not absolve policymakers of responsibility to ask tough questions, and it doesn't absolve them of having curiosity about the consequences of their actions.

如果你教孩子们有关智力和政策的知识,这里有一个教学要点:智力不能免除决策者提出尖锐问题的责任,也不能免除他们对自己行为后果的好奇心。

I've always been one of the youngest guys on the team. But now I'm one of the older guys, one of the more experienced guys, and I have to be more of a leader. The guys are looking up to me, asking me questions and looking at me to step up.

我一直是队里最年轻的球员之一。但现在我是一个年长的人,一个更有经验的人,我必须成为一个更有领导能力的人。男生们都看着我,问我问题,看着我往上走。

The fundamental point in fabricating a chain reacting machine is of course to see to it that each fission produces a certain number of neutrons and some of these neutrons will again produce fission.

制造链式反应机的基本要点当然是确保每个裂变产生一定数量的中子,其中一些中子会再次产生裂变。

But when I was twelve years old I caught my first strong glimpse of one of the fundamental forces of existence, whose votary I was destined to be for life - namely, Beauty.

但当我十二岁的时候,我第一次强烈地看到了存在的基本力量之一,它是我注定要终生追随的——那就是美。

And so, it's not a thing of how many carries, but were you effective when you did carry.

所以,这不是有多少进位的问题,而是当你进位时是否有效。

The most effective way to do it, is to do it.

最有效的方法就是去做。