A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering.

  • -- George Ivanovich Gurdjieff 乔治·伊万诺维奇·葛吉夫

一个人会放弃任何你喜欢的快乐,但他不会放弃他的痛苦。

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There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still. Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.

伤口被刮伤是一种乐趣,但没有伤口更令人愉快。就是这样,在世俗的欲望中也有快乐,但是没有欲望更令人愉快。

Morality and values depend on the existence of conscious minds - and specifically on the fact that such minds can experience various forms of well-being and suffering in this universe.

道德和价值观取决于有意识的头脑的存在,特别是取决于这样的头脑能够在这个宇宙中体验各种形式的幸福和痛苦。

If we have been brought up with the idea that life is for suffering and sacrifice, then of course we would seek death to escape this 'vale of tears'.

如果我们从小就有这样的想法,生活就是为了受苦和牺牲,那么我们当然会为了逃离这个“眼泪谷”而寻求死亡。

He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity.

想要敬拜神的人,对这事不可抱幼稚的幻想,而要勇敢地放弃他的自由和人性。

To make pleasures pleasant shortens them.

使快乐变得愉快会缩短它们。