The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.

  • -- Leon Trotsky 托洛茨基

只要有某种东西可以证明目的是正当的,目的就可以证明手段是正当的。

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Mum used to hide love letters from my boyfriends and put me down. Now I understand that she was a Polish immigrant forced to settle in Chicago. She was jealous of the freedom life gave me.

妈妈过去常常把情书藏起来不让我的男朋友看到,还把我放下来。现在我明白了,她是被迫在芝加哥定居的波兰移民。她嫉妒生活给我的自由。

He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave.

那天他死了,因为他的身体发挥了作用。他的灵魂完成了它的使命,学会了它的使命,然后就可以自由地离开了。

One infinite pure and holy beyond thoughts and beyond qualities bow down to thee.

一个超越思想和品质的无限纯洁和神圣向你跪拜。

In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

归根到底,我们唯一的自由就是约束自己的自由。