Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

  • -- Epictetus 埃皮克特斯

获得自由不是通过充分享受所渴望的,而是通过控制欲望。

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A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate.

一种欲望在心中升起。它立刻满足于另一个到来。在分离两种欲望的间隙里,一种完全平静的心境支配着我们的心灵。在这一刻,它从所有的思想、爱或恨中解脱出来。

My secret? A desire to work, years of dedication and loving what you do; I can't live without music.

我的秘密吗?对工作的渴望,多年的奉献和对工作的热爱;没有音乐我无法生活。

Whatever your image is, it's probably not you, but it affords you the freedom to live up to it.

不管你的形象是什么,它可能不是你,但它给了你实现它的自由。

The greatest humanistic and historical task of the oppressed: to liberate themselves...

被压迫人民最伟大的人文历史任务:解放自己……