It is possible to interpret without observing, but not to observe without interpreting.

  • -- Mason Cooley 梅森·库利

不经观察就能解释,但不经解释就不能观察。

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If you're doing a biography, you try to stay as accurate as possible to reality. But you really don't know what was going on in the person's mind. You just know what was going on in the minds of people around him.

如果你在写传记,你会尽量保持对现实的准确。但你真的不知道这个人在想什么。你只知道他周围的人在想什么。

I was able to interpret the difference between the sharp, quick sound and the slow, deep sound of percussion and manipulate it, get a third sound out of things, if the beats were rapid enough.

我能够分辨出尖锐,快速的声音和缓慢,深沉的打击乐之间的区别,并操纵它,得到第三个声音,如果节拍足够快的话。

The soul is so far from being a monad that we have not only to interpret other souls to ourself but to interpret ourself to ourself.

灵魂远不是一个单子,我们不仅要向自己解释其他灵魂,还要向自己解释自己。

I've come to the conclusion that it's not really possible to help others.

我的结论是,帮助别人是不可能的。