1、老年時像青年時一樣高高興興吧!青年,好比百靈鳥,有他的晨歌;老年,好比夜鶯,應該有他的夜曲。
Be as happy in old age as in youth. Youth, like larks, has his morning song; old age, like nightingales, should have his night song.
2、位我上者,燦爛星空;道德律令,在我心中。
My lord, the bright stars; moral laws, in my heart.
3、道德確實不是指導人們如何使自己幸福的教條,而是指導人們如何配享有幸福的學說。
Morality is not really the doctrine of how to make people happy, but the doctrine of how to deserve happiness.
4、我們越是忙越能強烈地感到我們是活著,越能意識到我們生命的存在。
The busier we are, the stronger we feel that we are alive, and the more aware we are of our existence.
5、大海之所以偉大,除了它美麗、壯闊、坦蕩外,還有一種自我淨化的功能。
The reason why the sea is great is that besides its beauty, magnificence and magnanimity, it also has a function of self-purification.
6、天才是自創法則的人。
Genius is the man who creates his own laws.
7、一杯水是清澈的,而海水卻是黑色的。就像小的道理可以說明,真正的大道理卻是沉默的。
A glass of water is clear, but the sea is black. Just as the small truth can explain, the real truth is silent.
8、自由不是想幹什麼就幹什麼,而是想不幹什麼就不幹什麼。
Freedom does not mean doing whatever you want, but doing nothing if you want to.
9、美是道德的象征。
Beauty is the symbol of morality.
10、理性一手拿著自己的原理,一手拿來著根據那個原理研究出來和實驗,奔赴自然。
Reason takes its own principle in one hand, and studies and experiments based on that principle in the other, and rushes to nature.
11、既然我已經踏上這條道路,那麼,任何東西都不應妨礙我沿著這條路走下去。
Now that I have embarked on this road, nothing should prevent me from following it.
12、良心是一種根據道德準則來判斷自己的本能,它不隻是一種能力;它是一種本能。
Conscience is an instinct to judge oneself according to moral principles. It is not only an ability; it is an instinct.
13、一個行為的道德性不取決於它的結果,而僅僅取決於該行為背後的意圖。
The morality of an act does not depend on its outcome, but only on the intention behind it.
14、一個人的缺點來自他的時代,他的美德和偉大卻屬於自己。
A man's shortcomings come from his time, but his virtues and greatness belong to him.
15、一個人說出來的話必須是真的,但是他沒有必要把他知道的都說出來。
A person's words must be true, but he doesn't have to tell everything he knows.
16、能充實心靈的東西,乃是閃爍著星星的蒼穹,以及我內心的道德律。
What enriches the soul is the sparkling sky of stars and the moral law of my heart.
17、三樣東西有助於緩解生命的辛勞:希望,睡眠和微笑。
Three things help ease the hardships of life: hope, sleep and a smile.
18、一個人沒有信心,第二天都不想起床。
A person has no confidence and does not want to go to bed the next day.
19、誠實比一切智謀更好,而且它是智謀的基本條件。
Honesty is better than all wisdom, and it is the basic condition of wisdom.
20、發怒,是用別人的錯誤來懲罰自己。
Anger is punishing oneself with the mistakes of others.
21、哲學無法教授,哲學永遠是思想者的事業。
Philosophy cannot be taught. Philosophy is always the cause of thinkers.
22、要評判美,就要有一個有修養的心靈。
To judge beauty, one must have a cultured mind.
23、貪是人類內心對外界無止境的欲望。
Greed is the endless desire of human heart to the outside world.
24、有兩樣東西,對它們的盯凝愈深沉,在我心裏喚起的敬畏與讚歎就愈強烈,這就是:頭頂上的星空和心中的道德律。
There are two things, the deeper their gaze, the more awe and admiration I evoke in my heart. That is, the stars above my head and the moral law in my heart.
25、那最神聖恒久而又日新月異的,那最使我們感到驚奇和震撼的兩件東西,是天上的星空和我們心中的道德律。
The most sacred, lasting and changing things, the two things that surprise and shock us most, are the stars in the sky and the moral law in our hearts.
26、越是處心積慮地想得到生活上的舒適和幸福,那麼這個人就越是得不到真正的滿足。
The more carefully you want to be comfortable and happy in life, the less satisfied you will be.
27、自由不是讓你想做什麼就做什麼,自由是教你不想做什麼,就可以不做什麼。
Freedom is not to let you do what you want, but to teach you to do what you don't want to do.
28、我們所有的知識都開始於感性,然後進入到知性,最後以理性告終。沒有比理性更高的東西了。
All our knowledge begins with perception, then enters into intellectuality, and finally ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.
29、有兩件事物越思考就越覺得震撼與敬畏,那便是我頭上的星空和我心中的道德準則。
The more I think about two things, the more I feel shocked and awed. That is the stars above me and the moral principles in my heart.
30、世界上隻有兩樣東西是值得我們深深景仰的,一個是我們頭上的燦爛星空,另一個是我們內心的崇高道德法則。
There are only two things in the world that deserve our deep admiration. One is the brilliant stars above our heads, and the other is the lofty moral law in our hearts.