To say "we" and mean "I" is one of the most recondite insults.

  • -- Theodor W. Adorno 狄奥多·阿多诺

说“我们”和“我”是最深奥的侮辱之一。

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We have learned to say that the good must be extended to all of society before it can be held secure by any one person or any one class. But we have not yet learned to add to that statement, that unless all [people] and all classes contribute to a good, we cannot even be sure that it is worth having.

我们已经学会说,只有把善扩展到整个社会,才能使任何一个人或任何一个阶层得到保障。但是,我们还没有学会给这句话加上一句:除非所有的人、所有的阶级都为一件好事做出贡献,否则我们甚至不能肯定它是否值得拥有。

It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others.

令人惊讶的是,很多人在一生中都没有意识到他们对别人的感觉很大程度上是由他们对自己的感觉决定的。

Without self-confidence we are as babes in the cradle. And how can we generate this imponderable quality, which is yet so invaluable, most quickly? By thinking that other people are inferior to oneself.

没有自信,我们就像摇篮里的婴儿。我们如何才能以最快的速度产生这种不可估量的、但又是无价的品质呢?认为别人不如自己。

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

最后,除了你自己心灵的完整,没有什么是神圣的。