We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds, space has a reality outside our minds, so that we cannot completely prescribe its properties a priori.

  • -- Carl Friedrich Gauss 高斯

我们必须谦虚地承认,虽然数字纯粹是我们思想的产物,但空间在我们的思想之外有一个实在,因此我们不能完全预先规定它的性质。

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Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change.

早年,我不得不在诚实的傲慢和虚伪的谦逊之间做出选择。我选择了诚实的傲慢,并没有看到任何改变的机会。

Therefore when the mind knows itself and loves itself, there remains a trinity, that is the mind, love and knowledge.

因此,当意识认识到自己并爱自己时,仍然有一个三位一体,那就是意识、爱和知识。

But I still think it's mind over matter in the sense that if you're strong, you can combat anything.

但我仍然认为,如果你很强大,你就能与任何东西战斗,这就是精神战胜物质的意义。

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.

你希望人们对你有好印象吗?不要说自己的好话。