Reflection is not the evil. The evil is the state of reflection, and the stasis that comes with reflection.
I therefore have decided to read only the writings of men who have been executed or have risked their lives in some way.
It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand.
I do not lack the courage to think a thought all the way through, and thus far I have encountered no thought that I have feared.
Nobody wants to be this strenuous thing: an individual; it demands an effort.
The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
反思本身不是罪惡。罪惡在于反思的狀態(tài),以及反思帶來(lái)的靜止。
因此,我決定只閱讀那些被處決過(guò)或以某種方式冒過(guò)生命危險(xiǎn)的人的著作。
人類理解的職責(zé)是明白有些事情是它無(wú)法理解的。
我不缺乏把一個(gè)想法徹底思考下去的勇氣,到目前為止,我還沒(méi)有遇到過(guò)我害怕的想法。
沒(méi)有人愿意成為這種艱難的存在:一個(gè)個(gè)體;這需要付出努力。
任務(wù)必須是困難的,因?yàn)橹挥欣щy才能激發(fā)高尚的心靈。