The brute necessity of believing something so long as life lasts does not justify any belief in particular.

  • -- George Santayana 乔治·桑塔亚纳

只要生命存在,就必须相信某种东西,这种残忍的必要性并不特别证明任何信仰是正当的。

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Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.

多年前,我认识到我与所有生物都有亲缘关系,我下定决心,我不比地球上最卑贱的人强一点点。我当时说过,现在也说过,只要有下层阶级,我就在其中;只要有犯罪的成分,我也有;只要有一个灵魂在监狱里,我就没有自由。

Comparing yourself to others does nothing for you. Society has conditioned us to value people who fit a secular mold of perfection.

把自己和别人比较对你没有任何好处。社会已经使我们习惯于重视符合完美世俗模式的人。

Let us revere, let us worship, but erect and open-eyed, the highest, not the lowest; the future, not the past!

让我们崇敬,让我们崇拜,但要挺直腰板,睁大眼睛,高高在上,而不是最低微;未来,而不是过去!

Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create that fact.

不要害怕生活。相信生活是有价值的,你的信念会帮助你创造出这样的事实。

Faith is not a sense, nor sight, nor reason, but taking God at His work.

信心不是一种感觉,不是一种视觉,也不是一种理性,而是上帝的工作。

The purpose of life is a life of purpose.

生活的目的就是生活的目的。