A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
怀疑/不确定性
Doubt/Uncertainty
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are so confident while the intelligent are full of doubt.
这个世界的问题在于，愚蠢的人如此自信，而聪明的人充满怀疑。
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
智慧的第一步是质疑一切，最后一步是接受一切。
The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.
唯一能使生命成为可能的是永久的、无法忍受的不确定性;不知道接下来会发生什么。
Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart, for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.
没有人比想象自己内心纯洁的人更危险，因为他的纯洁，从定义上说，是无懈可击的。
When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some things are more nearly certain than others.
当一个人承认没有什么是确定的，我认为，他还必须补充说，有些事情比其他事情更接近确定。
The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.
怀疑是智慧的开端;我们若疑惑，就可以得着问题;若寻求，就可以得着真理。
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。
There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking.
人生有两种很容易的方式:相信一切或怀疑一切;两种方法都可以让我们免于思考。
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
如果你想成为一个真正的真理探索者，你一生中至少有一次必须尽可能地怀疑所有的事情。
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。
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。
Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever or whatever abysses nature leads, or you will learn nothing.
像个孩子一样，面对事实坐下来，准备好放弃一切先入之见，虚心追随大自然的深渊，否则你将一无所获。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
We are in a race between cooperation and catastrophe, and the threat is outrunning our response.
我们正处于合作与灾难之间的竞赛，我们的应对能力正受到威胁。
We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge.
我们被信息淹没，却渴望知识。
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we often might win, by fearing to attempt.
我们的怀疑是叛国者，使我们失去了我们常常可能通过害怕尝试而获得的好处。
Only do what your heart tells you.
只做你内心告诉你的。
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。
Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.
不要把生命浪费在怀疑和恐惧中;把你自己花在你面前的工作上，充分肯定正确地履行这一小时的职责将是为随后的几个小时和几岁做好的最好准备。