The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.

  • -- A. A. Milne 米尔恩

三流的头脑只有和大多数人一起思考时才会感到快乐。二流的头脑只有在与少数人一起思考时才会感到快乐。第一流的头脑只有在思考的时候才是幸福的。

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By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.

我所说的自由,是指确保每个人在做他认为是他的职责的事情时受到保护,不受权威、多数、习俗和意见的影响。

If we're so cruel to minorities, why do they keep coming here? Why aren't they sneaking across the Mexican border to make their way to the Taliban?

如果我们对少数民族如此残忍,他们为什么还来这里?为什么他们不偷偷越过墨西哥边境去找塔利班?

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.

当我们处于少数时,勇气的考验就来了。当我们占多数的时候,宽容的考验就来了。

All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one.

所有的历史都是少数民族力量的记录,也是一个民族的少数民族力量的记录。

Belief is a moral act for which the believer is to be held responsible.

信仰是一种道德行为,对其负有责任。

A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.

一个人只是他思想的产物。他想什么就成为什么。