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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Nothing else matters much -- not wealth, nor learning, nor even health -- without this gift: the spiritual capacity to keep zest in living. This is the creed of creeds, the final deposit and distillation of all important faiths: that you should be able to believe in life.

没有这一天赋——保持生活热情的精神能力,没有什么比财富、学识甚至健康更重要的了。这是信条的信条,是所有重要信仰的最终沉淀和升华:你应该能够相信生活。

Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only for wallowing in.

把永不后悔、永不后悔作为生活的准则。后悔是一种可怕的精力浪费;你不能依赖它;它只是用来打滚的。

It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.

这是一件奇怪的事情……每一种信仰都承诺有一个天堂,绝对不适合任何有文明品味的人居住。

There are times when God leaves huge question marks as tools in our lives to stretch our our faith.

有时候,神会在我们的生活中留下巨大的问号,作为扩展我们信心的工具。

Do what you can. Want what you have. Be who you are.

尽你所能。想要你所拥有的。做你自己。

Faith is a higher faculty than reason.

信仰是一种高于理智的能力。