The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.

  • -- John Dewey 约翰·杜威

自我不是现成的东西,而是通过行动的选择而不断形成的东西。

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Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them -- and then, the opportunity to choose.

自由不仅仅是随心所欲的机会;这也不仅仅是在既定的选择中进行选择的机会。首先,自由是形成可用选择的机会,是就这些选择进行辩论的机会,然后是做出选择的机会。

To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.

要使世界秩序井然,我们首先必须使国家秩序井然;要治理好国家,首先要治理好家庭;为了使家庭井然有序,我们必须首先培养我们的个人生活;我们必须先把心摆正。

We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are.

我们的内心都有光明和黑暗。重要的是我们选择采取什么行动。这才是我们真正的自己。

Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.

永远记住,你不仅有权利成为一个独立的人,你也有义务成为一个独立的人。

Each and every day begins with a choice, the first influencing the second, the third and so on.

每一天都从一个选择开始,第一个影响第二个,第三个等等。

We must believe in free will, we have no choice.

我们必须相信自由意志,我们别无选择。

Hard upon hard never made a good wall.

一堵好墙是靠不断的努力才成的。

Reason is also choice.

理性也是一种选择。