A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
哲学
Philosophy
The technological man is limited as his tools. The man without technologies is limitless.
技术人员作为他的工具是有限的。没有技术的人是无限的。
There’s simply no polite way to tell people they’ve dedicated their lives to an illusion.
根本没有礼貌的方式告诉人们他们把一生都献给了一个幻想。
There is your truth and there is my truth. As for the universal truth, it does not exist.
这是你的真理，这是我的真理。至于普遍真理，它并不存在。
Do not commit spiritual suicide through a passion for discussing metaphysical subtleties.
不要因为热衷于讨论形而上学的微妙之处而在精神上自杀。
I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.
我总是随身携带一些兴奋剂，以防我看到蛇，我也随身携带。
It is impossible, or not easy, to alter by argument what has long been absorbed by habit.
通过争论改变长期以来被习惯所吸收的东西是不可能的，或者不容易的。
On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
总的来说，人类想要变好，但不是太好，也不是一直都很好。
The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
对我来说，幻想的天赋比我吸收积极知识的天赋更重要。
If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?
如果一张杂乱的桌子是思想混乱的标志，那么一张空桌子是什么标志呢?
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
不要害怕自己的观点是古怪的，因为现在被接受的每一种观点都曾是古怪的。
A thin man can squeeze into a fat body, yet you can only squeeze a fat man to become thin.
一个瘦的人可以挤进一个胖的身体，但你只能挤一个胖的人变得瘦。
There’s no way you can kill someone and get to the other side of the experience unchanged.
你不可能杀了一个人，然后不改变体验的另一边。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.
只有按照那句格言行事，你才能同时希望它成为一条普遍的法则。
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
没有任何命运不能被轻蔑所超越。
Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely.
梦想一次只有一个主人。这就是为什么梦想家是孤独的。
Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.
明智的是谁?向每个人学习的人。强大的是谁?控制自己激情的人。谁是富人?知足者常乐。那是谁?没有人。
God gives us not only the truth but also the ability to believe it; not only the new thing to see but also the new eye to see it with.
神不仅给我们真理，也给我们相信真理的能力;不仅要看新事物，而且要用新的眼光去看。
When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
当你满足于做简单的自己，不攀比或竞争，每个人都会尊重你。