A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
科学
Science
Science is built up of facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house.
科学是建立在事实之上的，正如房子是用石头砌成的一样。但是收集事实并不是一门科学，正如一堆石头并不是一所房子一样。
Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself. The principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.
科学是一种不自欺欺人的方法。原则是你不能欺骗自己，你是最容易被欺骗的人。
My parents divorced when I was born, and my mother is a political science professor, like a feminist Mormon, which is sort of an oxymoron.
我的父母在我出生的时候就离婚了，我的母亲是一位政治学教授，就像一位女权主义的摩门教徒，这有点自相矛盾。
Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.
科学，我的孩子，是由错误组成的，但这些错误是有用的，因为它们会一点一点地导致真理。
Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of our nation.
无论我们看哪里，化学家的工作已经提高了我们的文明水平，提高了我们国家的生产能力。
The real purpose of the scientific method is to make sure nature hasn’t misled you into thinking you know something you actually don’t know.
科学方法的真正目的是确保自然没有误导你，让你以为你知道一些你实际上不知道的东西。
To make a deliberate falsification for personal gain is the last, worst depth to which either scholar or artist can descend in work or life.
为了个人利益而故意弄虚作假是学者或艺术家在工作或生活中所能达到的最后、最糟糕的深度。
Just as the science and art of agriculture depend upon chemistry and botany, so the art of education depends upon physiology and psychology.
正如农业的科学和艺术依赖于化学和植物学一样，教育的艺术也依赖于生理学和心理学。
Laws of nature have no physical properties of mass /energy. They are platonic truths in transcendent realm that create & govern the Universe.
自然定律没有质量/能量的物理性质。它们是超越领域的柏拉图真理，创造并统治着宇宙。
No matter what policy initiatives we take on, we are going to need a permanent repository for nuclear fuel based on the law and sound science.
无论我们采取何种政策举措，我们都需要一个基于法律和健全科学的核燃料永久储存库。
The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious - the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.
我们所能拥有的最美丽的体验是神秘——这是真正艺术和真正科学的摇篮里的基本情感。
It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.
不可忘记的是，我们所谓的信仰的理性基础，往往是为我们的本能辩护的极度非理性的尝试。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.
我们只是在一颗普通恒星的小行星上生活的猴子的高级品种。但是我们可以理解宇宙。这让我们变得很特别。
If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.
如果你想发现宇宙的秘密，就从能量、频率和振动的角度来思考。
If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.
如果我们都做了我们能做的事情，我们会让自己大吃一惊。
Every Saint has a Past and every Sinner has a future. Don't give up.
每个圣人都有过去，每个罪人都有未来。不要放弃。
The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.
智慧的真正标志不是知识，而是想象力。