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Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.

  • -- John Calvin 约翰·卡尔文

人的心是偶像崇拜和迷信的仓库;甚至如果一个人相信他自己的思想，他一定会抛弃上帝，在自己的头脑中铸造一些偶像。

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The fact is, every thinker, every philosopher, the moment he is forced to abandon his one-sided intellectual occupation by practical necessity, immediately returns to the general point of view of mankind.

事实上，每一个思想家，每一个哲学家，当他因为实际的需要而被迫放弃他片面的知识工作的时候，就立即回到人类的一般观点上来。

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We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have - for their usefulness.

我们是如此痴迷于做，我们没有时间和想象力留下。因此，人们看重的不是他们是什么样的人，而是他们所做的或所拥有的——以及他们的有用性。

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There's a whole lot of songs that men just can't do. The words are from another time and represent too much of an emotional commitment, whereas women can say that because of who they are.

有很多歌曲是男人做不到的。这些话来自另一个时代，代表了太多的情感承诺，而女性这么说是因为她们是谁。

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Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature.

那些试图用仪式和音乐来阻碍人类的思想，影响慈善和奉献来满足人类思想的人已经失去了他们的本性。

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Every child is a thought in the mind of God, and our task is to recognize this thought and help it toward completion.

每个孩子都是上帝心中的一个想法，我们的任务就是认识到这个想法，并帮助它完成。

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Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, accomplished.

每个人都有自己的迷信。当我开始去任何地方的时候，我的一个梦想总是实现了。

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The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.

打开思想的目的，就像打开嘴巴一样，是为了把它再次关在某个坚实的东西上。

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Idolatry is really not good for anyone. Not even the idols.

偶像崇拜对任何人都没有好处。连偶像也没有。

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