When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.

  • -- John Adams 约翰·亚当斯

当人们谈论写作、说话或思考的自由时,我只能笑。从来没有这样的东西存在过。现在不存在这样的东西;但我希望它会存在。但这一定是在你我不再写信和说话之后的几百年以后了。

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Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me.

正如波浪不能为它自己而存在,而是永远是波涛汹涌的海面的一部分一样,我也决不能为它而活,而要永远活在我周围发生的经历中。

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.

生存的全部秘密就是无所畏惧。不要害怕你会变成什么样子,不要依靠任何人。只有当你拒绝所有的帮助时,你才会获得自由。

One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man.

一个人可以从他的笑声中了解一个人,如果你在了解他之前就喜欢他的笑声,你可以自信地说他是一个好人。

Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

一旦你开始做一件事,不要害怕失败,也不要放弃它。真诚工作的人是最幸福的。

I think that as I continue to write, my writing I hope will become more controversial and more provocative.

我认为,随着我继续写作,我希望我的作品会变得更具争议性和煽动性。

There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.

阅读是一门艺术,思考也是一门艺术,写作也是一门艺术。

Freedom keeps us soaring, but quarreling destroys our ability to fly.

自由让我们飞翔,但争吵摧毁了我们飞翔的能力。

Everyone wants a piece of you. The trick is what piece to give.

每个人都想了解你。诀窍在于该给什么。

If you can laugh together, you can work together.

如果你们能一起笑,你们就能一起工作。

I exist in a state of almost perpetual hysteria.

我几乎永远处于歇斯底里的状态。

Writing is a lonely business.

写作是一项孤独的事业。

Don't think, just do.

不要想,只管做。