The brute necessity of believing something so long as life lasts does not justify any belief in particular.

  • -- George Santayana 乔治·桑塔亚纳

只要生命存在,就必须相信某种东西,这种残忍的必要性并不特别证明任何信仰是正当的。

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All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

历史的全部教训用四句话概括: 神要谁灭亡,必先使谁因势力而发狂。 天网恢恢,疏而不漏。天网恢恢,疏而不漏。 蜜蜂使它抢夺的花受精。 当足够黑的时候,你可以看到星星。

If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to reach wider horizons of thought and action, if I am at peace with myself, it has been a successful day.

如果我能有所贡献,如果我能更多地看到终极善的本质和本质,如果我能受到启发去开拓更广阔的思想和行动视野,如果我能平静地面对自己,那么今天就是成功的一天。

And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.

我们应该想想,每一天,如果我们没有跳过一次舞,就会失去意义。我们应该称每一个真理为假的,而不是伴随着至少一个笑声。

Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.

信念比信念好得多。信念就是别人在思考。

A man of courage is also full of faith.

有勇气的人也充满信心。