The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
埃里克·霍弗
美国哲学家

埃里克·霍弗(Eric Hoffer,1902—1983)的一生十分传奇,父母早逝,靠自学成就学问。长年从事码头搬运工作,1964年成为加州伯克利大学高级研究员后,仍未离开码头,其许多观念都是在码头工作中形成,因此他也被称为“码头工人哲学家”。

The central task of education is to implant a will and facility for learning; it should produce not learned but learning people. The truly human society is a learning society, where grandparents, parents, and children are students together.

一个有力的群众运动会培养其追随着的罪恶感,它不但会把人的自主“自我”形容为贫乏和无助的,还会把它说成是罪孽深重。悔罪的方法是抛弃个人的特殊性和独立性,得救的方法是把自我皋在团体的神圣一体性中。

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Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.

绝对的信仰像绝对的权力一样导致绝对的腐败。

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The character and destiny of a group are often determined by its inferior elements.

一个群体的性格和命运,往往由其最低劣的成员决定。

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The quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the opinion of others, the singlehanded defiance of the world.

对群众运动的领袖而言,见解的精辟与否看来无关宏旨。真正重要的是他敢于摆出自负的姿态,完全漠视别人的意见,不惜一个人单挑世界。

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We feel free when we escape ,even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire.

极不切实际的梦想即使没有实际权力做后盾,一样可以让人产生最大无畏的胆气。这是因为,怀有大希望者的力量可以有最荒谬的来源:一个口号、一句话或一枚徽章。

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The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.

历史这个游戏的玩家一般都是社会的最上层和最下层,占大多数的中间层次只有在台下看戏的份。

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People with a sense of fulfillment think it a good world and would like to conserve it as it is, while the frustrated favor radical change.

有成就感的人会把世界看成一个友好的世界,并乐于看到它照原样保持下去,但失意者却会乐于看到世界急遽改变。

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Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

粗鲁是弱者对强者的模仿。

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Hatred is the most accessible and comprehensive of all the unifying agents.

在所有团结的催化剂中,最容易运用和理解的一项,就是仇恨。

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If a doctrine is not unintelligible, it has to be vague; and if neither unintelligible nor vague, it has to be unverifiable.

如果一种教义不是费解的,它就必须是含糊的,如果它既不费解也不含糊,它就必须是无法验证的。

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The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.

对幸福的追寻是不幸福的主要原因之一。

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Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.

炽烈的恨意可以给空虚的生活带来意义和目的。

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We usually see only the things we are looking for- so much so that we sometimes see them where they are not.

通常,我们只看见我们正在寻找的东西,有时甚至凭空就能看见。

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Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves.

对一项神圣事业的信仰相当程度上替代了已经失去的自信。

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The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a God or not. The atheist is a religious person. He believes in atheism as though it were a new religion.

宗教狂热者的对立面不是狂热的无神论者,而是温和的愤世嫉俗者,他们对上帝存不存在并不在意。无神论者是一种宗教人格。他把无神论当成一种新宗教来膜拜。

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已经拥有许多而想拥有更多的人,其失意感耍大于一无所有而只想拥有一点点的人。另外,只缺一样东西的人也会比缺很多东西的人更不满。

Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.

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毫无疑问,通过将以自我为中心的生活换成无私的生活,我们获得了强烈的自尊。无私的人,即便是那些最谦卑的,他们的虚荣都是无边的。

There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.

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通过观察你的敌人恐吓你的手段,你可以发现他们最害怕什么。

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

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一个有力的群众运动会培养其追随着的罪恶感,它不但会把人的自主“自我”形容为贫乏和无助的,还会把它说成是罪孽深重。悔罪的方法是抛弃个人的特殊性和独立性,得救的方法是把自我皋在团体的神圣一体性中。

The central task of education is to implant a will and facility for learning; it should produce not learned but learning people. The truly human society is a learning society, where grandparents, parents, and children are students together.

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绝对的信仰像绝对的权力一样导致绝对的腐败。

Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.

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一个群体的性格和命运,往往由其最低劣的成员决定。

The character and destiny of a group are often determined by its inferior elements.

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