Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.

  • -- Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰斐逊

我们最大的幸福并不取决于机遇给我们带来的生活条件,而始终是问心无愧、身体健康、职业发展和一切正当追求自由的结果。

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Under normal conditions the research scientist is not an innovator but a solver of puzzles, and the puzzles upon which he concentrates are just those which he believes can be both stated and solved within the existing scientific tradition.

在正常情况下,研究科学家不是创新者,而是解谜者,而他所关注的谜题恰恰是那些他认为可以在现有的科学传统中陈述和解决的谜题。

I believe that when people have an occupation that allows them to provide for their families, the social dimension of human nature will emerge instinctively and lead people to help and organize others less privileged.

我相信,当人们有了一份能够养家糊口的职业时,人性的社会维度就会本能地显现出来,引导人们去帮助和组织那些没有那么幸运的人。

I try to exist in a world where there is freedom of opinion, where you're allowed to make jokes. I don't want to live in some PC world where no-one's allowed to say anything.

我试着生活在一个有言论自由的世界里,在那里你可以开玩笑。我不想生活在一个没有人可以说话的电脑世界里。

I think isolation is one of the greatest problems, an ever-growing obstacle to political solidarity.

我认为孤立是最大的问题之一,是政治团结日益增长的障碍。

Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.

结果!为什么,伙计,我得到了很多结果。我知道有几千件事是行不通的。

I always say if the marathon is a part-time interest, you will only get part-time results.

我总是说,如果马拉松是业余爱好,你只会得到业余结果。

Even a second of freedom is worth more than a lifetime of bondage.

哪怕是一秒钟的自由也比一辈子的奴役更有价值。

He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.

想要触碰发端的人,往往会被一根稻草绊倒。

But the greatest of these is love.

但其中最伟大的是爱。