A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
哲学
Philosophy
Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
贫穷是一种美德,可以自学成才。
The splendor of the rose of Sharon is but a day.
沙仑玫瑰的荣华不过一日。
The first duty of a man is to think for himself.
一个人的首要职责是独立思考。
We feel most alive when we are closest to death.
当我们离死亡最近的时候,我们会觉得自己最有活力。
My heart knows what my mind only think it knows.
我的心知道我的心认为它知道什么。
Physics isn't the most important thing. Love is.
物理不是最重要的。爱是。
We chart delusions through collective agreement.
我们通过集体协议来描绘错觉。
We make versions, and true versions make worlds.
我们创造版本,真实的版本创造世界。
Love is my philosophy, and my philosophy is love.
爱是我的哲学,我的哲学就是爱。
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
你擅长的任何事都能带来快乐。
No non-poetic account of reality can be complete.
没有一种非诗意的对现实的描述是完整的。
It's pretty amazing how uncommon common sense is.
常识是多么的不寻常,真是令人惊讶。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
All the world old is queer save thee and me, and even thou art a little queer.
除了你和我,整个世界都是古怪的,连你也有点古怪。
If anything is worth doing, it is worth doing it badly.
如果有什么事值得做,就把它做得不好。
Philosophy bakes no bread.
哲学不能烤面包。
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.
永远不要怀疑,一小群有思想、有决心的公民能够改变世界。事实上,它是唯一的东西。
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
但是,一些天才被嘲笑的事实并不意味着所有被嘲笑的人都是天才。他们嘲笑哥伦布,嘲笑富尔顿,嘲笑莱特兄弟。但他们也嘲笑小丑博佐。
Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift.
生活得好是一门可以发展的艺术:热爱生活,能够从微小的奉献中获得巨大的快乐,确信这个世界不欠你任何东西,而每一件礼物都确实是一件礼物。