A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
怀疑/不确定性
Doubt/Uncertainty
Our distrust is very expensive.
我们的不信任是非常昂贵的。
Only do what your heart tells you.
只做你内心告诉你的。
Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.
信念使人分裂。怀疑团结他们。
If you're not confused, you're not paying attention.
如果你没有感到困惑,你就没有集中注意力。
Every generalization is dangerous, especially this one.
任何泛化都是危险的,尤其是这个。
A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.
一个人不能吞下他无法消化的信念。
We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge.
我们被信息淹没,却渴望知识。
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.
创造力需要放弃确定性的勇气。
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
不要让你不能做的事妨碍你能做的事。
It is better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.
了解一点总比误解很多好。
Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it.
你们要信那寻求真理的人。怀疑那些找到它的人。
To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.
怀疑自己的首要原则是文明人的标志。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough.
如果你相信的太多,你可能会被骗;但是如果你相信的不够,你将活在痛苦中。
The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt but in spite of doubt.
承诺和怀疑之间的关系绝不是对立的。承诺是最健康的,当它不是毫无疑问的,而是尽管有疑问。
I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that's the only way of insuring one's immortality.
我已经下了那么多的迷,它会让教授们忙上几个世纪争论我的意思,而这是确保一个人不朽的唯一方法。
The people cannot be all, and always well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive.
人民不可能面面俱到,而且总是消息灵通。错误的部分将会随着他们所误解的事实的重要性而感到不满。
We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything.
我们必须了解自己的极限。我们都是有价值的人,但没有一个人是万能的。
It is not bigotry to be certain we are right; but it is bigotry to be unable to imagine how we might possibly have gone wrong.
确信我们是对的并不是偏执;但是,如果我们无法想象我们可能会如何出错,那就是偏执。