True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is not memory but judgment.

  • -- James Russell Lowell 洛厄尔

真正的学问不在于知道事物的存在,而在于知道它们的意义;这不是记忆,而是判断。

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Life ceases to be so oppressive: we are free to give our own lives meaning and purpose, free to redeem our suffering by making something of it.

生活不再那么压抑:我们可以自由地赋予自己的生活意义和目标,可以自由地通过创造一些东西来救赎我们的痛苦。

The meaning of the Street in all ways and at all times is the need for sharing life with others and the search for community.

无论何时何地,街道的意义都是与他人分享生活和寻找社区的需要。

Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today.

司法审判必须深刻考虑到前天,这样昨天才不会使今天瘫痪。

The major block to compassion is the judgment in our minds. Judgment is the mind's primary tool of separation.

同情的主要障碍是我们心中的判断。判断是心灵分离的主要工具。