A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
哲学
Philosophy
It is remarkable how long men will believe in the bottomlessness of a pond without taking the trouble to sound it.
值得注意的是，人们会相信池塘的无底洞，而不花时间去试探它。
We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.
我们都是无神论者，对于大多数人类曾经信仰的神。我们中的一些人走得更远。
The only power I have is the power I grant myself, While the only power you have over me is the power I grant you.
我唯一的力量就是我给自己的力量，而你对我唯一的力量就是我给你的力量。
I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto to live well you must live unseen.
我渴望和平地生活，继续我的生活，我已经开始的座右铭下生活得很好，你必须生活在看不见。
Of course there is not formula for success except, perhaps, an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.
当然，除了无条件地接受生活及其带来的东西之外，成功没有公式。
Whatever their future, at the dawn of their lives, men seek a noble vision of man's nature and of life's potential.
无论他们的未来如何，在他们生命的开端，人们都在寻求对人的本性和生命潜力的崇高愿景。
If it turns out that there is a God...the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever.
如果事实证明有一个上帝……最糟糕的是，你可以说他基本上是一个后进生。
Definitions are the guardians of rationality, the first line of defense against the chaos of mental disintegration.
定义是理性的守护者，是防止混乱的精神崩溃的第一道防线。
The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
发现真理和实践善是哲学最重要的两个目标。
You can recognize a small truth because its opposite is a falsehood. The opposite of a great truth is another truth.
你能认出一个小真理，因为它的反面是一个谬误。伟大真理的对立面是另一个真理。
People who want to change everything in the world but never think of changing themselves are clapping with one palm.
那些想要改变世界上一切却从未想过改变自己的人正在用一只手掌鼓掌。
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
我认为战胜欲望的人比战胜敌人的人更勇敢;因为最难的胜利是战胜自己。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
没有任何命运不能被轻蔑所超越。
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.
听过的旋律是甜美的，但听不到的更甜美。
Thus I assume that to each according to his threat advantage is not a conception of justice.
因此，我认为，对每个人来说，根据他的威胁优势不是一个正义的概念。
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
你擅长的任何事都能带来快乐。
If the moment is everything, then everything is time.
如果那一刻就是一切，那么一切就是时间。
Art is long, and Time is fleeting.
艺术是永恒的，时间是短暂的。