Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.

  • -- George Ivanovich Gurdjieff 乔治·伊万诺维奇·葛吉夫

没有自我认识,没有理解机器的工作和功能,人就不能自由,他就不能管理自己,他将永远是一个奴隶。

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I don't think one can accurately measure the historical effectiveness of a poem; but one does know, of course, that books influence individuals; and individuals, although they are part of large economic and social processes, influence history. Every mass is after all made up of millions of individuals.

我不认为人们可以准确地衡量一首诗的历史效力;但人们当然知道,书籍影响着个人;个人,虽然他们是大的经济和社会进程的一部分,影响着历史。每个群体毕竟是由数百万个体组成的。

Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being, as comports with order and the rights of others, the institutions render him truly a freeman. He is left to pursue his means of happiness in his own manner.

个性是政治自由的目标。通过给予公民与秩序和他人权利相适应的行动自由和生存自由,这些制度使他成为真正的自由人。他可以用自己的方式追求自己的幸福。

So it's possible that someday, by understanding a little bit more about how the world works, it will come back to help us in some other way that will be surprising.

所以有可能有一天,通过更多地了解世界是如何运作的,它会以另一种方式帮助我们,这将是令人惊讶的。

High people understand other high people they catch things that others don't.

高智商的人能理解其他人,他们能抓住别人抓不到的东西。