There is no reasoning, no process of inference or comparison; there is no thinking about things, no putting two and two together; there are no ideas - the animal does not think of the box or of the food or of the act he is to perform.

  • -- Edward Thorndike 桑代克

没有推理,没有推理或比较的过程;没有思考的东西,没有把两者结合在一起;没有想法——动物不会想到盒子、食物或他要做的事情。

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What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a kid. If your anger is deep enough and strong enough, you learn that you can change those attitudes by excellence, personal gut performance.

当你还是个孩子的时候,真正开始这个过程的是欢笑、蔑视和怠慢。如果你的愤怒足够深、足够强烈,你会发现你可以通过卓越的个人直觉表现来改变这些态度。

We must expect to fail... but fail in a learning posture, determined no to repeat the mistakes, and to maximize the benefits from what is learned in the process.

我们一定会失败……但失败时要以一种学习的姿态,下定决心不重蹈覆辙,并最大限度地从学习过程中获益。

I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do.

我开始意识到,如果一个人有固定的工作时间,固定的薪水,很少有原创的想法去做,那么他的生活会变得多么简单。

Not as ours the books of old - Things that steam can stamp and fold; Not as ours the books of yore - Rows of type, and nothing more.

不像我们的旧书——蒸汽可以压印和折叠的东西;不像我们的旧书——一排排的铅字,仅此而已。

I feel as though I've fooled the world into thinking I'm an adult and now they're letting me procreate.

我觉得好像我愚弄了全世界,让他们以为我是个成年人,现在他们却让我生育。

Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition.

诗人是把文字从对定义的坚定占有中解放出来的战士。

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

有三样东西不能长久隐藏:太阳、月亮和真理。

Comparison is the thief of joy.

攀比是快乐的大敌。