A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
哲学
Philosophy
Without man and his potential for moral progress, the whole of reality would be a mere wilderness, a thing in vain, and have no final purpose.
没有人类及其道德进步的潜力，整个现实将只是一片荒野，一种徒劳的东西，没有最终的目的。
The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious - the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.
我们所能拥有的最美丽的体验是神秘——这是真正艺术和真正科学的摇篮里的基本情感。
To be perfectly original one should think much and read little, and this is impossible, for one must have read before one has learnt to think.
一个人要想完全具有原创性，就应该多思考，少阅读，而这是不可能的，因为一个人必须在学会思考之前阅读。
The best ideas will eat at you for days, maybe even weeks, until something, some incident, some impulse, triggers you to finally express them.
最好的想法会折磨你好几天，甚至几周，直到某件事、某件事、某一种冲动，让你最终把它们表达出来。
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
教育孩子的人比养育孩子的人更值得尊敬;因为这些人只给了他们生命，那些人活得很好。
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
友谊是多余的，像哲学，像艺术……它没有生存价值;相反，它是那些赋予生存价值的东西之一。
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。
Thinking only begins at the point where we have come to know that Reason, glorified for centuries, is the most obstinate adversary of thinking.
只有当我们认识到，经过几个世纪的美化，理性才是思维最顽固的敌人时，我们才开始思考。
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young?
一个以速食土豆泥、包装好的蛋糕粉、冷冻晚餐和速食相机为生的社会怎么能教会年轻人耐心呢?
I realized that conservatism was the philosophy that best suited me, with its emphasis on individual liberty, personal responsibility, and merit.
我意识到保守主义是最适合我的哲学，它强调个人自由、个人责任和优点。
Hope founded upon a human being, a man-made philosophy or any institution is always misplaced... because these things are unreliable and fleeting.
建立在人类基础上的希望、人为的哲学或任何制度总是放错地方……因为这些事情不可靠，转瞬即逝。
The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.
这个世界上的邪恶几乎总是来自无知，如果他们缺乏理解，善意和恶意可能造成同样多的伤害。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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。
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。
If anything is worth doing, it is worth doing it badly.
如果有什么事值得做，就把它做得不好。
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 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。