To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.

  • -- Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大卫·梭罗

对一个哲学家来说,所有的新闻,就像人们所说的,都是流言蜚语,编辑和阅读这些新闻的人都是喝茶的老妇人。

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I think women get caught up too much in having a plan - 'I'm going to get married at this age; I'm going to have a kid at this age' - and then they just try to find a guy who will fit into that picture. I don't want my life to be based on that.

我认为女性在制定计划的时候太投入了——“我打算在这个年龄结婚;“我打算在这个年龄生个孩子。”——然后他们就试着找一个适合这个年龄的人。我不想让我的生活建立在这个基础上。

I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.

我以妇女所取得的进展程度来衡量一个社区的进展。

The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.

自我不过是有意识注意的焦点。

The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.

唯一真正的进步在于学会独自犯错。