Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible.

  • -- Eric Hoffer 埃里克·霍弗

人是唯一努力超越自己,渴望不可能的事物的生物。

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In this one book are the two most interesting personalities in the whole world - God and yourself. The Bible is the story of God and man, a love story in which you and I must write our own ending, our unfinished autobiography of the creature and the Creator.

在这本书里有两个世界上最有趣的人物——上帝和你自己。圣经是上帝和人类的故事,是一个爱的故事,你我必须在其中写下我们自己的结局,我们未完成的生物和造物主的自传。

The psychic task which a person can and must set for himself is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.

一个人能够而且必须为自己设定的精神任务不是感到安全,而是能够容忍不安全。

An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why.

艺术家是被恶魔驱使的动物。他不知道他们为什么选择他,而且他通常太忙了,不知道为什么。

Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts.

酒精对一个人来说是必要的,这样他才能对自己有一个好的评价,而不受事实的干扰。

It is impossible to work in information technology without also engaging in social engineering.

如果不同时从事社会工程,从事信息技术工作是不可能的。

In such a diversity it was impossible I should be disposed to melancholy.

在这样的多样性中,我不可能倾向于忧郁。