2023/09/25 愚Stupidity

  • 有二件事是無限的:宇宙和人類的愚昧;其中,宇宙是否無限,我沒把握。Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.(Albert Einstein)
  • 神使人的智慧有限,看來不太公平的是,祂沒有同時限制人的愚昧。In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.(Konrad Adenauer,德國政治家,1876-1967)
  • 愚傻也是神的恩賜,但人不可誤用它。(若望保祿二世)Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it(Pope John Paul II,1920-2005)
  • 有個住在河對岸的人,我沒跟他吵架,但他有權殺我,只因他的統治者跟我的統治者吵架;有比這更愚蠢的事了嗎?(巴斯葛,法國數學家、哲學家)Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him?(Blaise Pascal,1623-1662)
  • 在一個愚笨但誠實的人,與一個聰明但彎曲詭詐的人之間,我選擇前者,因為雖然我無法從前者手中得著多少東西,但我在後者面前無法保有我已得著的。(美國四星上將Hershey)Between a fellow who is stupid and honest and one who is smart and crooked, I will take the first. I won't get much out of him, but with that other guy I can't keep what I've got.(Lewis B. Hershey)American Soldier, 1893-1977

 

2023/09/11 愚Stupidity

  • 無論是男士或女士,若無法在一本好小說裡找到樂趣,必然是難以忍受的愚蠢。(珍奧斯汀)The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.(Jane Austen)
  • 人天生無知,但並不愚昧;他們是藉著教育才變成愚昧的。(羅素)Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.(Bertrand Russell)
  • 一個聰明的白痴,勝過一個愚蠢的天才。Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.(Samuel Goldwyn)
  • 如果你想進步,就要停留在愚傻中。If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.(Epictetus,古希臘斯多亞哲學家)
  • 要在世上成功,光有愚傻是不夠的,你還必須端正有禮貌。(伏爾泰)To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.(Voltaire)
  • 一個人若幹出全然愚蠢的傻事來,通常是出自最高貴的動機。(王爾德,愛爾蘭作家)Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.(Oscar Wilde,1854-1900)

 

2023/08/28 愚Stupidity

  • 我們都是天生無知的,但你必須努力才能留在愚傻中。(富蘭克林)We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.(Benjamin Franklin)
  • 擁有老朋友的祝福之一,就是你可以在他們面前表現出愚蠢來。(愛默生)It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.(Ralph Waldo Emerson)
  • 每個女孩都可以使自己變得迷人,你只要站在那裡,顯得很愚蠢即可。Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.(Hedy Lamarr,演員、數學家)
  • 這世界的麻煩就是,愚蠢的人總是帶著確信,聰明的人總是充滿懷疑。(羅素)The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.(Bertrand Russell)
  • 生活是艱辛的,但對愚蠢的人會更加艱辛。(約翰韋恩,演員)Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid.(John Wayne)
  • 書本對愚昧人的用處,就如同鏡子對失明人士的用處一般。Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.(Chanakya,印度古哲學家)
  • 愛,就是大家一起愚傻。Love is being stupid together.(Paul Valery)

 

2023/08/14 藝術

  • 藝術是個使我們能認知真理的謊言。(畢卡索)Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.(Pablo Picasso)
  • 我們所能有的最美妙的經歷,就是奧祕的經歷;它是站在真實藝術與真實科學的搖藍之間,基礎的情感。(愛因斯坦)The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.(Albert Einstein,《The World As I See It》)
  • 我夢著繪畫,我畫出我的夢。(梵谷)I dream my painting and I paint my dream.(Vincent Van Gogh)
  • 藝術使我們找到自己,但同時也使我們失去自己。(梅頓)Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.(Thomas Merton,《No Man Is an Island》)
  • 藝術將每天生活中,靈魂沾染到的灰塵洗除。(畢卡索)Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.(Pablo Picasso)
  • 藝術不是我們所看見的,而是我們使別人看見的。Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.(Edgar Degas,印象派畫家愛德加)
  • 創意需要勇氣。(馬諦斯,法國畫家)Creativity takes courage. (Henri Matisse)

 

2023/07/31 藝術

  • 藝術家貯藏著來自各方,來自天空、地球、碎紙片、一個閃現的形狀、蜘蛛網的情感。(畢卡索)The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.(Pablo Picasso)
  • 只要你能想像的東西,都是真實的。(畢卡索)Everything you can imagine is real.(Pablo Picasso)
  • 每個小孩都是藝術家;問題是他長大後,是否能繼續作個藝術家。(畢卡索)Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.(Pablo Picasso)
  • 繪畫是看得見過於去感受的詩;詩是看不見但能感受的繪畫。(達文西)Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.(Leonardo da Vinci)
  • 畫家應該先以塗滿黑色來開始在畫布上作畫;因為大自然的一切都是黑暗的,直到光來照亮它。(達文西)A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.(Leonardo da Vinci)

 

2023/07/17 藝術

  • 在我們的想像中,這世界只是一塊畫布而已(梭羅,美國作家)。This world is but a canvas to our imagination.(Henry David Thoreau)
  • 創造力允許你犯一些錯,而藝術使你知道哪些要保留下來。Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.(Scott Adams,美國卡通畫家)
  • 如果你聽見你裡頭有聲音說:「你不會畫圖。」那麼你應該想辦法去畫,那個聲音就會靜默下來。(梵谷)If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.(Vincent Van Gogh)
  • 真實的藝術作品,只不過是神聖完全的影像。(米開蘭基羅)The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.(Michelangelo)
  • 有些畫家會將太陽變成一個黃色的區塊;另一些畫家則將一個黃色區塊變成太陽。(畢卡索)Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.(Pablo Picasso)
  • 我發現我能以色彩和形狀來表達無法以其他任何方式表達的事物──就是那些說不出來的事物。I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.(Georgia O'Keeffe,美國藝術家)

 

2023/07/03 藝術

  • 每一位詩人、音樂家、和藝術家,若非上帝的恩典,常會被引誘,由喜愛他所表現的事物,轉而喜愛表現,直到他們墮落到地獄的深淵,再也無法對上帝感興趣,而只對他們所說的有關上帝的事感興趣。因為他們不會止於對繪畫感興趣而已,他們會越陷越深,變成對自己的個性有興趣,甚至對自己的聲望有興趣。(魯益師C.S.Lewis,《The Great Divorce》)
  • 你若到上帝的聖山中間飲那如同「遺忘川Lethe」的泉水,你將忘記自己作品的所有權,你欣賞它們就好像那是別人的作品一樣;沒有驕傲,也沒有謙遜。(魯益師C.S.Lewis,《The Great Divorce》) (摘自校園出版《開往天堂的巴士》──《The Great Divorce》)

 

2023/06/19 藝術

  • 人是用他的頭腦繪畫,而不是用手。(米開蘭基羅)A man paints with his brains and not with his hands. (Michelangelo)
  • 藝術家不是照事物的本身來看它們,而是用他所是的來看這些事物。The artist doesn’t see things as they are, but as he is.
  • 藝術不是一件事,而是一條道路。Art is not a thing; it is a way. (Elbert Hubbart)
  • 如果一個人不是偉大的雕刻家或畫家,他就不可能成為一位建築師。如果他不是雕刻家或畫家,那麼他不過是一位蓋房子的人而已。No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only be a builder. (John Ruskin)
  • 起初你作畫,是因為你從世上的景物看見天堂。你的畫所以成功,乃是因為它使別人也看見天堂。起初你愛的是光本身,你愛繪畫是因為你把它當做表現光的一種方法。(魯益師C.S.Lewis,《The Great Divorce》)(摘自校園出版《開往天堂的巴士》)

 

2023/06/05

  • 所有的藝術都是無用處的。(王爾德)All art is quite useless. (Oscar Wilde)
  • 藝術是世界上惟一嚴肅的東西;藝術家則是惟一從不嚴肅的人。(王爾德)Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.(Oscar Wilde)
  • 如果一個藝術家在他自己裡面看不見東西,他應該停止繪畫他眼前所見的東西。If the artist sees nothing within him, then he should also refrain from painting what he sees before him. (Caspar David Friedrich)
  • 不勤奮的生活是一種罪惡,而勤奮的生活若缺了藝術,就變成野蠻了。Life without industry is guilt, and industry without art is brutality. (John Ruskin)
  • 藝術不是生活中的麵包,而是生活中的美酒。Art is not the bread, but the wine of life. (Jean Paul Richter)
  • 藝術是「我」;科學是「我們」。Art is I; Science is We. (Claude Bernard)
  • 藝術的目的,不是要表達事物的外在形貌,而是事物內在的真義。(亞里斯多德)The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. (Aristotle)
  • 藝術以大自然為它的模型(模特兒)。Art takes nature as its model. (Aristotle)
  • 一切藝術,都不過是大自然的仿製品。(辛尼加,羅馬哲學家)All art is but imitation of nature. (Seneca)

 

2023/05/22 宣教士名言6

  • 五代人在中國宣教的戴德生家族,其第四代孫戴紹曾說:「小時候在日本集中營受苦時,我曾告訴自己,若有機會離開中國,就決不回來;但我感謝神,祂後來感動我,叫我知道活著為何。我生在中國,一輩子為華人工作,我準備死在中國。
  • 劍橋七傑中的Charles Studd一生三地宣教,未耗費在英國作名士;他死前說:「我惟一的喜樂便是,當神交給我一件工作時,我並沒有拒絕。」

 

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