The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty and people who hold these beliefs with a pretense of certitude.

  • -- Peter Ludwig Berger 彼得·伯格

今天的基本断层线不是不同信仰的人之间的断层线,而是持有这些信仰的人之间的断层线,这些人的信仰带有不确定性,而持有这些信仰的人的信仰带有确定性。

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It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse - the keeping up of a hollow show that must soon come to an end.

使一个破产的人烦恼的与其说是贫穷,还不如说是矫饰——在骄傲的头脑和空虚的钱包之间挣扎——必须很快结束的空虚的表演。

Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying.

没有经济平等的政治自由是一种借口、一种骗局、一种谎言;工人们不想撒谎。

Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position, but certainty is an absurd one.

不确定性是一种不舒服的状态,但确定性是一种荒谬的状态。

Certitude belongs exclusively to those who only own one encyclopedia.

确信只属于那些只有一本百科全书的人。

Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.

医学是一门关于不确定性的科学,也是一门概率的艺术。