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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Nothing else matters much -- not wealth, nor learning, nor even health -- without this gift: the spiritual capacity to keep zest in living. This is the creed of creeds, the final deposit and distillation of all important faiths: that you should be able to believe in life.

没有这一天赋——保持生活热情的精神能力,没有什么比财富、学识甚至健康更重要的了。这是信条的信条,是所有重要信仰的最终沉淀和升华:你应该能够相信生活。

There are two Newman's laws. The first one is "It is useless to put on your brakes when you're upside down." The second is "Just when things look darkest, they go black."

有两个纽曼定律。第一个是“当你倒着的时候,踩刹车是没有用的。”第二个是“当事情看起来最黑暗的时候,它们就会变黑。”

To look forward and not back, To look out and not in, and To lend a hand.

向前看而不是回头, 往外看而不是往里看,还有 伸出援助之手。

Luck will only get you so far, but... faith will take you all the way.

运气只能让你走这么远,但是……信念会带你一路走下去。

Do what you can. Want what you have. Be who you are.

尽你所能。想要你所拥有的。做你自己。

Liberty is the act of making the Government Fear.

自由是使人恐惧的行为。