It is in the admission of ignorance and the admission of uncertainty that there is a hope for the continuous motion of human beings in some direction that doesn't get confined, permanently blocked, as it has so many times before in various periods in the history of man.

  • -- Richard P. Feynman 理查德·费曼

正是在承认无知和承认不确定性的过程中,人类才有希望朝着某个方向不断地运动,而不是像人类历史上的不同时期那样,被限制,被永久地阻挡。

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I am of the firm belief  that everybody could write books and I never understand why they don’t. After all, everybody speaks.Once the grammar has been learnt it is simply talking on paper and in time learning what not to say.

我坚信每个人都能写书,但我不明白为什么他们不能。毕竟,每个人都在说话。一旦学习了语法,它就只是在纸上说话,并及时学会什么不该说。

It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.

说没有人会吹嘘自己对文学的无知几乎已经成了陈词滥调,但吹嘘自己对科学的无知、自豪地宣称自己在数学方面的无能是可以被社会接受的。

When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.

当你什么都不做时,你会感到不知所措和无能为力。但当你参与其中时,你会感到希望和成就感,因为你知道自己在努力把事情做得更好。

I even feel guilty if I'm reading a novel, because I think I should be reading Homer again. I don't really know what free time is, because I don't have something to measure it against.

如果我在读小说,我甚至会感到内疚,因为我觉得我应该再读一次荷马。我真的不知道什么是空闲时间,因为我没有什么东西可以衡量它。

The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.

相信有可能爆发一场短暂的决定性战争,似乎是人类最古老、最危险的幻想之一。

When you say a situation or a person is hopeless, you are slamming the door in the face of God.

当你说一个情况或一个人是无望的,你是在上帝面前摔门。

No mere human can stand in a fire and not be consumed.

没有一个人能站在火中不被烧死。

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.

让无知随它去吧,学习有它的价值。