The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.

  • -- David Riesman 大卫·里斯曼

认为人生而自由平等的观点既正确又有误导性:人生而不同;他们在追求彼此相似的过程中失去了社会自由和个人自主权。

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No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa.

没有一个社会能够消除人类的悲伤,没有一个政治制度能够把我们从生活的痛苦、对死亡的恐惧和对绝对的渴望中解救出来。是人的条件决定了社会的条件,而不是社会条件决定人的条件。

What you think means more than anything else in your life. More than what you earn, more than where you live, more than your social position, and more than what anyone else may think about you.

你所想的比你生命中的任何事情都重要。比你挣的多,比你住的地方多,比你的社会地位多,比别人对你的看法多。