Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.

  • -- Ayn Rand 艾恩·兰德

永远不要说用武力“做好事”的愿望是一个好的动机。权力欲和愚蠢都不是好的动机。

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If we cannot by reason, by influence, by example, by strenuous effort, and by personal sacrifice, mend the bad places of civilization, we certainly cannot do it by force.

如果我们不能通过理性、通过影响、通过榜样、通过艰苦的努力和个人的牺牲来修补文明的坏地方,我们当然不能通过武力来做到这一点。

Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of fingers, or fingers at the tip of my words. My language trembles with desire.

语言是一层皮肤:我用我的语言去摩擦另一层。这就好像我有文字而不是手指,或者手指在我文字的顶端。我的语言因渴望而颤抖。

Free from desire, you realize the mystery. Caught in desire, you see only the manifestations.

没有了欲望,你就会明白其中的奥秘。在欲望中,你只能看到表象。

You should not measure your worth by how much money you have in your bank account.

你不应该用你银行账户里有多少钱来衡量你的价值。

Those who flow as life flows know they need no other force.

那些随波逐流的人知道他们不需要其他力量。

Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today.

任何为未来奋斗的人,都活在今天。