I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

  • -- Aristotle 亚里士多德

我认为战胜欲望的人比战胜敌人的人更勇敢;因为最难的胜利是战胜自己。

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To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can still do for those who study it.

教人们如何在没有确定性的情况下生活,同时又不被犹豫所麻痹,这也许是我们这个时代哲学仍然能为那些研究哲学的人所做的主要事情。

Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.

因为哲学源于敬畏,所以哲学家一定要成为神话和诗意寓言的爱好者。诗人和哲学家都有伟大的奇迹。

My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.

我的错,我的失败,不在于我的激情,而在于我无法控制它们。

There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.

一个能征服自己的人是没有什么能抵挡得住的。