[T]he true is only the expedient in the way of our thinking, just as the right is only the expedient in the way of our thinking.

  • -- William James 威廉·詹姆斯

真理只是我们思维方式中的权宜之计,正如权利只是我们思维方式中的权宜之计一样。

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We see things like reciprocity which are fairly central to our view of ethics. But if you're talking about a set of worked-out rules on what we are supposed to do then, yes, it is a human product.

我们看到像互惠这样的东西,这是我们道德观的核心。但如果你谈论的是一套关于我们应该做什么的规则,那么,是的,它是一种人类产品。

When I talk of the purpose of life, I am thinking not only of human life, but of all life on Earth and of the life which must exist upon other planets throughout the universe.

当我谈到生命的目的时,我不仅想到了人类的生命,而且想到了地球上所有的生命以及宇宙中其他行星上必须存在的生命。

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

思考是容易的,行动是困难的,把一个人的思想付诸行动是世界上最困难的事情。

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

我相信每个人的心灵都能从对他人行善中获得快乐。

There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew.

地球飞船上没有乘客。我们都是船员。

To me the bottom line is: good music is good music.

对我来说,底线是:好音乐就是好音乐。