埃里克·霍弗
美國(guó)哲學(xué)家
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science.
The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.
Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.
Man’s main task in life is to give birth to himself.
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.
對(duì)事物感到困惑的能力是所有創(chuàng)造的前提，無(wú)論是在藝術(shù)還是在科學(xué)領(lǐng)域。
對(duì)確定性的追求阻礙了對(duì)意義的探尋。不確定性是促使人發(fā)揮潛能的條件。
人生的主要任務(wù)是誕生自己。
創(chuàng)造力需要放棄確定性的勇氣。
宗教狂熱者的對(duì)立面不是狂熱的無(wú)神論者，而是溫和的憤世嫉俗者，他們對(duì)上帝存不存在并不在意。無(wú)神論者是一種宗教人格。他把無(wú)神論當(dāng)成一種新宗教來膜拜。
The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a God or not. The atheist is a religious person. He believes in atheism as though it were a new religion.
Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves.
We usually see only the things we are looking for- so much so that we sometimes see them where they are not.
Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
If a doctrine is not unintelligible, it has to be vague; and if neither unintelligible nor vague, it has to be unverifiable.
Hatred is the most accessible and comprehensive of all the unifying agents.
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
People with a sense of fulfillment think it a good world and would like to conserve it as it is, while the frustrated favor radical change.
The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.
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