A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
哲学
Philosophy
We need to walk to know sacred places, those around us and those within. We need to walk to remember the songs.
我们需要步行去认识那些神圣的地方,那些在我们周围和我们内心的地方。我们需要走路来记住这些歌。
Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.
人当中很少有人能到对岸去。其他人只是在这边的河岸上跑来跑去。
Blossoms are scattered by the wind and the wind cares nothing, but the blossoms of the heart no wind can touch.
花儿被风吹散了,风什么也不在乎,但是心的花却没有风可以触及。
I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.
我从哲学中得到的启示是:我所做的事不受命令,别人所做的事只是出于对法律的恐惧。
Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophical thought has done its best, the wonder remains.
哲学始于奇迹。最后,当哲学思想尽其所能时,奇迹依然存在。
We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.
我们必须用“借口”的哲学来交换责任哲学,因为“我是谁”是我无法控制的。
Thought is what we start from: the simple, intimate, immediate datum. Matter is the inferred thing, the mystery.
思想是我们的出发点:简单、亲密、直接的资料。物质是推断出来的东西,是神秘的东西。
The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
与神的秩序打交道的哲学家本身就具有秩序和神性的特征。
The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.
真正的男人想要两样东西:危险和玩乐。因为这个原因,他想要女人,作为最危险的玩物。
The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.
生命的终极价值取决于意识和沉思的力量,而不仅仅是生存。
There is no position outside of reason where you can stand and lecture about reason and pass judgment on reason.
在理性之外,没有任何一种立场可以让你站在那里谈论理性,并对理性做出判断。
The most crucial problem with intellectual learning is that it receives the unknown on the grounds of the known.
智力学习最关键的问题是,它以已知为基础接受未知。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Art is long, and Time is fleeting.
艺术是永恒的,时间是短暂的。
A man’s thoughts can change his entire life;Whatever you cannot perceive, you cannot receive.
一个人的思想可以改变他的一生;你不能感知的,你就不能接受。
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
没有任何命运不能被轻蔑所超越。
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。
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
对于不能说的事,必须保持沉默。