A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
哲学
Philosophy
As long as your ideas of what's possible are limited by what's actual, no other idea has a chance.
只要你对可能的想法受到现实的限制，其他任何想法都没有机会。
When a language dies, a way of understanding the world dies with it, a way of looking at the world.
当一种语言消亡时，一种理解世界的方式也随之消亡，一种看待世界的方式也随之消亡。
The aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
艺术的目的不在于表现事物的外表，而在于表现事物的内在意义。
Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her birth.
真理从来不会来到这个世界上，而是像一个私生子一样，带着她出生的那个人的耻辱来到这个世界上。
The maturity of man—that means, to have reacquired the seriousness that one had as a child at play.
人的成熟，也就是说，重新获得了孩提时代玩耍时的严肃。
Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion borders on the chaos of memories.
每一种激情都近乎混沌，但收藏家的激情却近乎记忆的混沌。
A job is never truly finished. It just reaches a stage where it can be left on its own for a while.
工作永远不会真正完成。它只是到达了一个阶段，在这个阶段它可以被单独放置一段时间。
Do not be a product of your environment; instead be the creator of the product in your environment.
不要成为环境的产物;相反，你应该成为环境中产品的创造者。
If the world was made for us, then it belongs to us and we can do what we damn well please with it.
如果这个世界是为我们而造的，那么它就属于我们，我们可以用它做任何我们想做的事。
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。
It is an acknowledged truth in philosophy that a just theory will always be confirmed by experiment.
一个公正的理论总是要经过实验才能得到证实，这在哲学中是一个公认的真理。
The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
估计统治者智力的第一种方法是观察他身边的人。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
我们可能有时无力阻止不公正，但绝不能有任何时候不进行抗议。
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
真正的知识存在于知道自己一无所知。
It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!
要记住我的观点，而不同时记住我提出这些观点的理由，已经够难的了!
When the Aggregates arise, decay and die, O bhikkhu, every moment you are born, decay, and die.
比丘啊，当聚集出现、腐烂和死亡时，每一刻你出生、腐烂和死亡。
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。
Art is long, and Time is fleeting.
艺术是永恒的，时间是短暂的。