The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our conduct.

  • -- Paul Ricoeur 保罗·利科

道德律要求我们把世界上可能达到的最高善作为我们一切行为的最终目标。

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There are domains in which expertise is not possible. Stock picking is a good example. And in long-term political strategic forecasting, it's been shown that experts are just not better than a dice-throwing monkey.

有些领域不可能有专门知识。选股就是一个很好的例子。在长期的政治战略预测中,专家的表现并不比扔骰子的猴子好。

And one cannot discharge the duty of loyalty without the patient and an open minded study of the institution that marked the country and defined its character.

如果没有耐心和对这个标志着这个国家并定义了它的特征的机构的开放的研究,一个人就不能履行忠诚的义务。

The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.

琐事定律…简单地说,这意味着在议程任何项目上花费的时间将与所涉数额成反比。

I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity; in important things, diversity; in all things, generosity.

我以圣人的希望为指导:在关键的事情上,团结一致;在重要的事情上,多样性;凡事慷慨。

All contributions by corporations to any political committee or for any political purpose should be forbidden by law.

公司向任何政治委员会或为任何政治目的作出的任何贡献都应受到法律的禁止。

I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.

我是一个有固定不变的原则的人,第一个原则是任何时候都要灵活。

In just about every area of society, there's nothing more important than ethics.

在社会的几乎每个领域,没有什么比道德更重要。

We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life

我们将黄金法则铭记于心;现在让我们把它投入生活

A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do.

一个好的导演不确定他什么时候到片场去做什么。

Do your duty, that is best; leave unto the Lord the rest.

尽你的责任,那是最好的;其余的留给主吧。

Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.

科学一旦采纳了某种信条,就等于自杀。