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It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection.

  • -- Edward Sapir 爱德华·萨皮尔

如果认为一个人根本不使用语言就能适应现实，而语言只是解决交流或思考的具体问题的一种偶然手段，那就大错特错了。

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A world community can exist only with world communication, which means something more than extensive short-wave facilities scattered about the globe. It means common understanding, a common tradition, common ideas, and common ideals.

一个国际社会只有通过世界通讯才能存在，这意味着不仅仅是遍布全球的广泛的短波设施。它意味着共同的理解、共同的传统、共同的思想和共同的理想。

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All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work.

只要人们愿意思考，世界上所有的问题都可以很容易地解决。问题是，人们常常为了不思考而使用各种各样的方法，因为思考是一项如此艰难的工作。

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Mental communication without verbalization... all space is made up of waves and we are constantly sending and receiving messages from our brain.

没有语言表达的精神交流……所有的空间都是由波组成的，我们不断地从大脑中发送和接收信息。

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I do not fix problems. I fix my thinking. Then problems fix themselves.

我不解决问题。我修正我的想法。然后问题自行解决。

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