Ideas came with explosive immediacy, like an instant birth. Human thought is like a monstrous pendulum; it keeps swinging from one extreme to the other.

  • -- Eugene Field 欧仁·菲尔德

思想的产生具有爆炸性的即时性,就像一个瞬间的诞生。人类的思想就像一个巨大的钟摆;它一直从一个极端摇摆到另一个极端。

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Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.

意见就像钟摆,遵循同样的规律。如果它通过了一边的重心,另一边也必须经过同样的距离;只有过了一段时间,它才会找到真正的点,使它能保持静止。

I have my ideas, I have my music and I also just enjoy showing off, so that's a big part of it. Also, I like to get up onstage and behave insanely or express myself physically, and the band can get pretty silly.

我有我的想法,我有我的音乐,我也喜欢炫耀,所以这是很大一部分。此外,我喜欢站在舞台上,表现得疯狂或身体表达自己,而乐队可能会变得相当愚蠢。

The way to activate the seeds of your creation is by making choices about the results you want to create. When you make a choice, you activate vast human energies and resources, which otherwise go untapped.

激活你创造的种子的方法是选择你想要创造的结果。当你做出选择时,你激活了巨大的人力资源和能量,否则这些资源和能量是无法被利用的。

War is a beastly business, it is true, but one proof we are human is our ability to learn, even from it, how better to exist.

战争是一件残忍的事情,这是事实,但我们是人类的一个证明是,我们有能力学习,甚至从战争中学习如何更好地生存。

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.

如果你只是站在一旁,呜咽和抱怨,你是不会取得进步的。你通过实施想法来取得进步。

The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by what it seeks and great by what it finds.

思想的历史可以用这样一句话来概括:它所寻求的是荒谬的,它所发现的是伟大的。

When I stopped drinking, it was only because I thought if I don't stop, I'm going to die.

当我戒酒时,只是因为我想如果我不戒酒,我就会死。