A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
理解
Understanding
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.
对自由的最大危险潜伏在热情的人的暗中侵犯之中,他们本意是好的,但并不了解。
Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill-will.
善意之人的肤浅理解比恶意之人的绝对误解更令人沮丧。
Your emotional understanding about the preciousness of your human birth comes through conscious, repetitive mind training.
你对人类出生的珍贵的情感理解来自有意识的、重复的思维训练。
An artist, in my understanding of the word, should side with the people against the Emperor that oppresses his or her people.
在我对这个词的理解中,一个艺术家应该站在人民一边,反对压迫他或她的人民的皇帝。
The fact that you are willing to say, "I do not understand, and it is fine," is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.
你愿意说“我不明白,但没关系”,这是你能表现出来的最大的理解。
None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.
凡是一向自由的人,谁也不能理解,对于那些没有自由的人来说,自由的希望具有多么可怕的迷人的力量。
There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it.
知道和理解之间有很大的区别:你可能知道很多事情,但并不真正理解它。
A successful life is one that is lived through understanding and pursuing one's own path, not chasing after the dreams of others.
一个成功的人生是通过理解和追求自己的道路,而不是追逐别人的梦想。
When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and admire it
当一个民族诞生了一个能产生伟大思想的人,另一个民族也诞生了一个能理解和欣赏伟大思想的人
Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
逻辑:严格按照人类误解的局限和无能来思考和推理的艺术。
I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
我知道你相信你理解我所说的话,但我不确定你是否意识到你听到的并不是我的意思。
I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.
我宁愿生活在一个充满神秘的世界里,也不愿生活在一个小到我的大脑可以理解的世界里。
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A person of definite character and purpose who comprehends our way of thought is sure to exert power over us. He cannot altogether be resisted; because, if he understands us, he can make us understand him, through the word, the look, or other symbol.
一个有明确性格和目标的人,他理解我们的思维方式,一定会对我们施加力量。不能完全抗拒他;因为,如果他了解我们,他可以让我们了解他,通过文字、表情或其他符号。
But I deal with this meditating and by understanding I've been put on the planet to serve humanity. I have to remind myself to live simply and not to overindulge, which is a constant battle in a material world.
但我处理这种冥想,通过理解我被安置在这个星球上是为了服务人类。我必须提醒自己要活得简单,不要过度放纵,这是一个物质世界里不断的战斗。
The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.
一旦你认为你理解了一件伟大的艺术品,它对你来说就是死的。
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
如果你不能简单地解释它,你就不能很好地理解它。
Everything we do is in service of our needs. When this one concept is applied to our view of others, we'll see that we have no real enemies, that what others do to us is the best possible thing they know to do to get their needs met.
我们所做的一切都是为了满足我们的需要。当这一概念应用于我们对他人的看法时,我们会发现我们没有真正的敌人,别人对我们做的是他们知道的最好的事情来满足他们的需求。