The liberals have not softened their view of actuality to make themselves live closer to the dream, but instead sharpen their perceptions and fight to make the dream actuality or give up the battle in despair.

  • -- Margaret Mead 玛格丽特·米德

自由主义者并没有软化对现实的看法,使自己离梦想更近,而是使自己的观念更敏锐,为实现梦想而奋斗,或在绝望中放弃斗争。

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The dream is the small hidden door in the deepest and most intimate sanctum of the soul, which opens into that primeval cosmic night that was soul long before there was a conscious ego and will be soul far beyond what a conscious ego could ever reach.

梦是一扇隐藏在灵魂最深处、最私密的圣所的小门,它通向那个原始的宇宙之夜,那是在有意识的自我出现之前很久的灵魂,它将是一个有意识的自我永远无法触及的灵魂。

The essence of the Liberal outlook lies not in what opinions are held, but in how they are held: instead of being held dogmatically, they are held tentatively, and with a consciousness that new evidence may at any moment lead to their abandonment.

自由主义观点的本质不在于人们持有什么样的观点,而在于人们如何持有这些观点:人们不是武断地持有这些观点,而是试探性地持有这些观点,并意识到新的证据随时可能导致人们抛弃这些观点。

My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and look after my younger siblings and do the housework.

我的父母是自由派知识分子,但他们甚至希望我呆在家里照顾弟弟妹妹,做家务。

Later our dreams begin catching fire around the edges, they burn like paper, we wake with our hands full of ash.

后来我们的梦开始在边缘着火,它们像纸一样燃烧,我们醒来时手上满是灰烬。