A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
哲学
Philosophy
The meaning of earthly existence lies not, as we have grown used to thinking, in prospering but in the development of the soul.
世俗存在的意义不在于我们所习惯的思考，而在于灵魂的发展。
Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words,-Wait and hope.
直到上帝屈尊向人类揭示未来的那一天，人类所有的智慧都归结于这两个词:等待和希望。
But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy.
但是，人类的经验通常是矛盾的，这意味着与当前的谈话甚至当前的哲学不一致。
The philosopher is a person who refuses no pleasures which do not produce greater sorrows, and who knows how to create new ones.
哲学家是这样一个人，他不拒绝任何不会带来更大痛苦的快乐，他知道如何创造新的快乐。
The philosophers write about things as they are and as they appear to be, but as an artist I find that appearance is everything.
哲学家写的是事物的本来面目和表象，但作为一个艺术家，我发现表象就是一切。
The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
哲学的本质是一个人应该这样生活，他的幸福应该尽可能少地依赖于外在的东西。
We all need something to believe in. Without those beliefs we're just floating particles moving through the space time continuum.
我们都需要一些信仰。没有这些信念，我们只是漂浮在时空连续体中的粒子。
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。
Experience by itself proves nothing. Experience proves this, or that, or nothing, according to the preconceptions we bring to it.
经验本身并不能证明什么。根据我们对经验的先入之见，经验可以证明这一点，也可以证明那一点，或者什么都不能证明。
The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.
也许你内心深处的痛苦的种子很坚强，但是不要等到你不再痛苦的时候才让自己快乐起来。
It’s ever been the way of the man of science or philosophy. Most folks stay in the dark and then complain they can’t see nothing.
这曾经是科学家或哲人的方式。大多数人呆在黑暗中，然后抱怨他们什么也看不见。
One has to take a somewhat bold and dangerous line with this existence: especially as, whatever happens, we are bound to lose it.
一个人必须对这种存在采取某种大胆而危险的态度:特别是，无论发生什么，我们一定会失去它。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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 easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
在这个世界上，跟随世俗的意见生活是很容易的;在孤独中，我们很容易活在自己的世界里;但伟大的人是那些在人群中保持绝对甜蜜的孤独的独立性的人。
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
虐待动物的人在与人交往时也变得冷酷无情。我们可以通过一个人对待动物的方式来判断他的内心。
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。
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。
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
重要的是不要停止质疑。好奇心有它存在的理由。