We're competing with everything: the beach, the mall, bookstores. Libraries are in a transition right now, caught between two forces, the old ways and technology. Libraries are under a lot of pressure to provide both.

  • -- John Callahan 约翰·卡拉汉

我们在与一切竞争:海滩、商场、书店。图书馆现在正处于转型之中,夹在两股力量之间,一股是旧的方式,另一股是技术。图书馆承受着提供这两种服务的巨大压力。

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True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There's no separation between self and other, and everything is interconnected. Once you are aware of that you are no longer caught in the idea that you are a separate entity.

真正的自我是无我的,意识到自我只由无我的元素构成。自我和他人之间没有分离,一切都是相互联系的。一旦你意识到你不再是一个独立的个体。

Sometimes you get caught up in what's going on around you. The reality is that you are just a regular person. At some point, the career will be over, the bright lights turn off. That can come back to haunt you if you're not just a regular guy.

有时候你会被周围发生的事情所困扰。事实上,你只是一个普通人。在某个时刻,你的职业生涯将会结束,明亮的灯光将会熄灭。

Philosophy is a purely personal matter. A genuine philosopher's credo is the outcome of a single complex personality; it cannot be transferred. No two persons, if sincere, can have the same philosophy.

哲学纯粹是个人问题。真正的哲学家的信条是单一复杂人格的产物;它不能被转移。没有两个人,如果真诚,可以有相同的哲学。

Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new ones.

就像我们长大后不再穿裤子一样,我们也不再穿熟人、图书馆、原则等等,有时裤子还没穿坏,有时——这是最糟糕的——还没有新裤子。

The atmosphere of libraries, lecture rooms and laboratories is dangerous to those who shut themselves up in them too long. It separates us from reality like a fog.

图书馆、演讲室和实验室的气氛对那些把自己关在里面太久的人来说是危险的。它像雾一样把我们和现实分开。

I find that when I'm ready for something to end, I transition quickly. But when something ends before its time, I find it hard to move on.

我发现,当我准备好结束某件事时,我会迅速过渡。但当一些事情提前结束时,我发现很难继续前进。

We are in the throes of a transition where every publication has to think of their digital strategy.

我们正处在一个转型的阵痛之中,每个出版物都必须考虑自己的数字战略。

Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what the hell you're doing.

压力是你不知道自己在做什么的时候感觉到的。

A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you.

权利不是别人给你的;这是没有人能从你身上拿走的。

We put so much pressure on kids to excel in school at such a young age.

我们给孩子们施加了这么大的压力,让他们在这么小的年纪就在学校取得优异成绩。