For the rational, psychologically healthy man, the desire for pleasure is the desire to celebrate his control over reality. For the neurotic, the desire for pleasure is the desire to escape from reality.

  • -- Nathaniel Branden 纳撒尼尔·布兰登

对于理性的、心理健康的人来说,对快乐的渴望就是庆祝自己控制了现实的渴望。对神经质的人来说,对快乐的渴望就是对现实的逃避。

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Literature is my calling To hold up the mirror to my countrymen comes natural to me; and in the open field of invention I am not without hopes of giving them pleasure.

文学是我向同胞们举起镜子的召唤,这对我来说很自然;在开放的发明领域,我并不是没有希望给他们带来快乐。

The function of intellect is to provide a means of modifying our reactions to the circumstances of life, so that we may secure pleasure, the symptom of welfare.

智力的作用是提供一种方法来改变我们对生活环境的反应,使我们能够获得快乐,这是幸福的征兆。