德国作家语录(一)
The future comes slowly, the present flies and the past stands still forever.
未来姗姗来迟,现在风驰电掣,过去永远静止。
——弗里德里希•席勒
The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.
大多数人的声音并不能证明正义。
——弗里德里希•席勒
Man only plays when he is in the fullest sense of the word a human being, and he is only fully a human being when he plays
只有当人成为完全的人时,他才游戏,也只有当人游戏的时候,他才完全是人。
——弗里德里希•席勒《审美教育书简》
Man is never so authentically himself than when at play.
人在游戏的时候才是最真实的自己。
——弗里德里希•席勒《审美教育书简》
When it comes to controlling human beings there is no better instrument than lies. Because, you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts.
控制人类最好的工具就是谎言,因为人类是靠信仰而活的,而信仰是可以被操纵的。操纵信仰的能力才是关键。
——米切尔•恩德 《永远讲不完的故事》
There were thousands and thousands of forms of joy in the world, but that all were essentially one and the same, namely, the joy of being able to love.
世界上有成千上万种形式的快乐,但从根本上说,只有一种,就是:能够爱就是快乐。其实这两者就是一回事。
——米切尔•恩德 《永远讲不完的故事》
Strange as it may seem, horror loses its power to frighten when repeated too often.
这似乎很奇怪,可怕的事重复太多就失去了吓人的力量。
——米切尔•恩德 《永远讲不完的故事》
Time is life itself, and life resides in the human heart.
时间即生命本身,生命驻留在人心中。
——米切尔•恩德 《毛毛》
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