The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

  • -- Christopher Morley 克里斯托弗·莫利

书的真正目的是使人的思想陷入自己的思考。

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Reading's not a luxury, art's not a luxury. It's about your soul, and it's about yourself. And if reading is a luxury, being human is a luxury.

阅读不是奢侈品,艺术也不是奢侈品。这关乎你的灵魂,也关乎你自己。如果说读书是一种奢侈,那么做人也是一种奢侈。

If the audience walks out of a concert thinking, What a wonderful experience, then we have done our job.

如果观众走出音乐会,心想,这是多么美妙的经历啊,那么我们已经完成了我们的工作。

The one way of tolerating existence is to lose oneself in literature as in a perpetual orgy.

容忍存在的一种方法是像在无休止的狂欢中一样,在文学中迷失自己。

It wouldn’t matter if he was a bad boy , if you got rid of your bad habit. Be encouraged.

如果你改掉你的坏习惯,即使他是个坏男孩也没有关系。被鼓励。

I took thought, and invented what I conceived to be the appropriate title of 'agnostic'.

我思考了一下,然后发明了一个我认为是“不可知论者”的恰当名称。

I didn't get old on purpose, it just happened. If you're lucky, it could happen to you.

我不是故意变老,只是碰巧变老了。如果你幸运的话,这种事可能会发生在你身上。

The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.

对人类心灵最大的罪恶就是相信没有证据的事情。

Based on a true story?No, thanks. I prefer based on a true imagination.

根据真实故事改编?不,谢谢。我更喜欢基于真实的想象。

Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.

告诉我你注意什么,我就会告诉你你是谁。

Bondage and Liberation are of the mind alone.

束缚和解放只属于心灵。