A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
来世
Afterlife
In death, I am born.
在死亡中,我出生了。
I don't believe in an afterlife.
我不相信有来世。
You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
你必须做你认为你不能做的事。
I happen to believe that there is an afterlife.
我碰巧相信有来世。
If there's an afterlife, then it'll set you free.
如果有来生,你就会获得自由。
All argument is against it; but all belief is for it.
所有的论点都反对它;但所有的信仰都是为了它。
We are the music makers. We are the dreamers of the dream.
我们是音乐的创造者。我们是梦想家的梦想。
There is no leaping from Delilah's lap into Abraham's bosom.
没有人能从黛利拉的怀里跳到亚伯拉罕的怀里。
We are more worried about losing our hair than our hereafter.
比起我们的来世,我们更担心脱发。
I don’t want to express an opinion. You see, I have friends in both places.
我不想发表意见。你看,我在这两个地方都有朋友。
It is called the “hereafter” and not simply the “after” in that our “after” depends on what we do here.
它被称为“将来”而不仅仅是“以后”,因为我们的“以后”取决于我们在这里做什么。
If you haven't turned rebel by twenty you've got no heart; if you haven't turned establishment by thirty you've got no brains!
如果你不到二十岁就反叛,那你就没有心;如果你不到三十岁就变成企业,那你就没脑子了!
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Shall Life renew these bodies? Of a truth All death will he annul, all tears assuage? Or fill these void veins full again with youth And wash with an immortal water age?
生命能使这些躯体重生吗?所有的死亡,所有的眼泪,他都能消除吗?还是用青春来填满这些空虚的血管,用不朽的岁月来洗涤?
It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.
追求权力而失去自由,这是一种奇怪的欲望;或对他人寻求权力,而对自己失去权力。
I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.
我认为大脑是一台电脑,当它的部件失效时,它就会停止工作。坏了的电脑没有天堂,也没有来世;那是一个给怕黑的人讲的童话故事。