We're told, from many sources, that any onecan achieve anything. We've done away with the caste system, we are now in a system where anyone can rise to any position they please. And it's a beautiful idea. Along with that is a kind of spirit of equality; we're all basically equal. There are no strictly defined hierarchies. There is one really big problem with this, and that problem is envy.
这个世界用许多方法告诉我们,我们无所不能,我们不再受限于阶级,而是只要靠着努力就能攀上我们想到的高度。这是个美丽的理想,出于一种生而平等的精神,我们基本上是平等的,没有任何明显的阶级存在。这造成了一个严重的问题,这个问题是嫉妒。
The study of Shimura varieties is a testament to the interconnectedness of geometry and number theory.
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.
I don't think about the audience when I'm acting. I think about the character and the story.
译文 :人的思想是随着身体气血的变化而变化的。四十岁之前具有奋发进取之心,这时虽然见识不多,但是敢于闯荡一番;到四十岁以后,人的心就逐渐稳定下来了,这时已经是见多识广,而且遇到事情都会斟酌一下;六十岁之后,人的思想就开始消极保守了,这时虽然见识广博,但是精力不够。虽然这种情况不一定适用于每个人,但大体上都是如此。古代人们四十岁做官,六七十岁告老还乡,大概是因为这个原因。当然,人们中间也有年纪轻轻却思想消极,无所事事的,无精打采的就像一个垂死之人;也有一些年老之人,性情狂躁,喜欢多事,但这些都不合乎常理。如果把那些遇事风风火火的少年人当做是社会栋梁,而把那些意志消沉的衰老之人当做老成持重的话,那也是错误的。像邓禹年少时就深沉、坚毅,马援虽年老却精神矍铄的人,古代确实有过,但毕竟不是多数!