Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope; perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing its absurdity..

  • -- Vaclav Havel 瓦茨拉夫·哈维尔

难道这不是产生新确定性的最深刻怀疑的时刻吗?也许绝望正是滋养人类希望的土壤;也许一个人如果不首先体验生活的荒谬性,就永远找不到生活的意义。

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What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should go and see what is being done on the ground to fight poverty, not like going to the zoo but to take action, to open their hearts and their consciences.

我想说的年轻男人和女人被绝望和毋庸置疑的是,他们应该去看看什么是扶贫在地面上,不喜欢去动物园但是采取行动,打开他们的心灵和良知。

Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or ignorance.

教条主义和怀疑主义在某种意义上都是绝对的哲学;一个肯定知道,另一个肯定不知道。哲学应该消散的是确定性,无论是知识还是无知。