The essence of the Liberal outlook lies not in what opinions are held, but in how they are held: instead of being held dogmatically, they are held tentatively, and with a consciousness that new evidence may at any moment lead to their abandonment.

  • -- Bertrand Russell 罗素

自由主义观点的本质不在于人们持有什么样的观点,而在于人们如何持有这些观点:人们不是武断地持有这些观点,而是试探性地持有这些观点,并意识到新的证据随时可能导致人们抛弃这些观点。

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The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun.

对所有纯科学的艺术的承认并不意味着对所有现有艺术的放弃,而是意味着已经开始的艺术改造的完成。

There are two kinds of fools: one says, "This is old, therefore it is good"; the other says, "This is new, therefore it is better."

傻瓜有两种:一种说:“这是旧的,所以是好的。”另一个说:“这是新的,所以更好。”

I closed my eyes and abandoned myself to my grief. It felt better, somehow, to be helpless. I didn't feel ashamed.

我闭上眼睛,沉浸在悲伤之中。不知怎的,无助的感觉好多了。我并不感到羞耻。

A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.

自由派是一个心胸开阔的人,在争吵中不会站在自己一边。

What is love, if not the abandonment of all sanity, all dignity.

爱是什么,如果不是放弃所有理智,所有尊严。

A Church which abandons the truth abandons itself.

放弃真理的教会就放弃了自己。