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人类
Human
When a pianist sits down and does a virtuoso performance he is in a technical sense transmitting more information to a machine than any other human activity involving machinery allows.
当一个钢琴家坐下来进行一场精湛的演奏时,从技术上讲,他向机器传递的信息比任何涉及机器的人类活动都要多。
Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.
不要自己估量你的损失;如果你这样做了,就会显得不可容忍;但是,如果你把所有人的事情都考虑进去,你就会发现从中会得到一些安慰。
And I'm happy to say that I'm able to find people wherever I go that are not black, not white - they're just human beings. That's where I am, where I've been and where I intend to stay.
我很高兴地说,无论我走到哪里,我都能找到不是黑人、不是白人的人,他们只是普通人。这就是我现在所处的位置,我曾经去过的地方,我打算待在这里。
When you become aware of silence, immediately there is that state of inner still alertness. You are present. You have stepped out of thousands of years of collective human conditioning.
当你意识到寂静时,立刻就会有一种内在的警觉状态。你是现在。你们已经走出了人类数千年的集体条件作用。
Remember, that of all the elements that comprise a human being, the most important, the most essential, the one that will sustain, transcend, overcome and vanquish obstacles is - Spirit!
请记住,在构成一个人的所有要素中,最重要、最基本的要素是——精神!
Hairdressers are a wonderful breed. You work one-on-one with another human being and the object is to make them feel so much better and to look at themselves with a twinkle in their eye.
理发师是一个很好的品种。你和另一个人一对一地工作,目的是让他们感觉好很多,用他们眼中闪烁的光芒来审视自己。
The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants; and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this.
人类的大脑能够在不使用强烈刺激的情况下产生兴奋;不知道这一点的人,一定对它的美和高贵有一种很模糊的感觉。
The arts, as a reflection of human existence at its highest, have always and spontaneously lived up to this demand of plenitude. No mature style of art in any culture has ever been simple.
艺术作为人类存在的最高反映,总是自发地满足着这种丰富性的要求。在任何文化中,没有一种成熟的艺术风格是简单的。
The basic tenet of black consciousness is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek to make him a foreigner in the country of his birth and reduce his basic human dignity.
黑人意识的基本原则是,黑人必须拒绝一切使他在自己出生的国家成为外国人并降低其基本人格尊严的价值体系。
The sovereign state has in our times become a lethal danger to human civilization because technical developments enable it to employ an infinite number and variety of means of destruction.
在我们这个时代,主权国家已成为人类文明的致命危险,因为技术发展使它能够使用无数种和各种各样的破坏手段。
Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also be married to the passion of the adult human being, which is a passion to live beyond one's death.
创造力不仅仅是我们年轻和童年时期的天真的自发性;它还必须与成年人的激情相结合,这是一种活到死后的激情。
I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with this planet or with the whole accidental universe - because, like Spinoza's God, it won't love us in return.
我喜欢数学,因为它不是人类,它与这个星球或整个偶然的宇宙没有什么特别的关系——因为,就像斯宾诺莎笔下的上帝一样,它也不会反过来爱我们。
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The media could do a much better job, that's for sure, especially the media that targets women... Human rights? They couldn't care less!
媒体可以做得更好,这是肯定的,特别是针对女性的媒体……人权?他们一点也不在乎!
Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
艺术始于反抗——在反抗被克服的那一刻。没有一件人类杰作是不经过巨大劳动就能创造出来的。
The science of the mind can only have for its proper goal the understanding of human nature by every human being, and through its use, brings peace to every human soul.
心灵科学只有以每个人对人性的理解为其正确目标,并通过对人性的使用,给每个人的灵魂带来和平。
Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky.
一旦人们认识到,即使是距离最近的人之间也会有无限的距离,如果他们能成功地喜欢上彼此之间的距离,使彼此能在天空中看到对方,那么,即使是在最接近的人之间,也会有无限的距离。
The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.
人体有两个末端:一个用来创造,另一个用来坐着。有时人们会适得其反。当这种情况发生时,他们需要从裤子的座位上踢一下。