First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

  • -- Epictetus 埃皮克特斯

首先告诉自己你想成为什么样的人;然后做你必须做的。

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I don't have any friends and don't have any intention of making any. People will stab you in the back, mistreat you, talk about me behind your back, steal from you. And they're not really your friends. They're only there because you're a celebrity or because they want to get something from you.

我没有朋友,也不打算交朋友。人们会在你背后捅你一刀,虐待你,在你背后议论我,偷你的东西。他们不是你真正的朋友。他们来这里只是因为你是名人或者他们想从你这里得到什么。

Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extemporaneous, half possession.

坚持自己;从不模仿。你自己的天赋,你可以用一生培养的力量,每时每刻呈现出来;但在另一个人的天赋中,你只有一种即席的、一半的占有。

The purpose of science is not to analyze or describe but to make useful models of the world. A model is useful if it allows us to get use out of it.

科学的目的不是分析或描述世界,而是建立有用的世界模型。模型是有用的,如果它允许我们使用它。

When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.

当你说你原则上同意一件事的时候,你的意思是你根本没有打算把它付诸实践。

One of the things my parents taught me, and I'll always be grateful for the gift, is to not ever let anybody else define me.

我父母教给我的一件事是,永远不要让别人定义我,我也会永远感激这份礼物。

Self-sabotage is the smartest thing you can do if you're sabotaging a self that is not really you.

自我破坏是你能做的最聪明的事,如果你正在破坏一个不是真正的你的自我。

We must remember what we are, so that we can be ourselves even when we are not ourselves.

我们必须记住我们是谁,这样即使我们不是自己,我们也能做自己。

The purpose of my life is being a father to my kids and being a husband to my wife.

我的人生目标是做我孩子的父亲,做我妻子的丈夫。

There's no tour plans, no reunion, no new album... nothing.

没有巡演计划,没有重聚,没有新专辑……什么都没有。

If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.

如果你想让上帝发笑,告诉他你的计划。