跟愛恩思坦學英文 - Part 4

跟愛恩思坦學英文 - Part 4

愛恩思坦可能是天下最會學以致用的人。

他把科學研究的結論應用在人生上，

因此他的人生觀如此深刻而有高度的概括性；

他的科學研究已經達到極致的境界，

因此憑著悟性他找到宇宙的定律，

在字裡行間總是流露他對宇宙的讚嘆，

與一份謙卑。

"Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater."

 不要擔心你遇到的數學難題，我保證我遇到的更難。

"Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity."

程式對我來說更為重要，因為政治是屬於現在的，但一條程式卻是永恆的。

"If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut."

如果A代表成功，則A=x+y+z。x代表工作；y代表玩樂；z代表把嘴巴閉上。

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."

有兩樣東西是無限的：宇宙和愚昧；而我不確定宇宙是不是。

"As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."

如果數學定律與現實有關，則它們是不確定的；如果是確定的，則它們與現實無關。

"Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods."

任何以“真理與知識”的裁判自居的人，會被神明的笑聲毀滅。

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."

我不知道第三次世界大戰會採用甚麼樣的武器，但第四次世界大戰會用的肯定是柴枝與石頭。

"In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep."

想要成為純潔無暇的羊群中的成員，最重要是必須做一頭羊。

"The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead."

對死亡的恐懼是所有恐懼裡面最讓人費解的，因為對亡者而言根本沒有發生事故的風險。

"Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves."

很多人視美國人為拜金者。這實在是一個殘忍的誹謗，即使美國人自己也無意識地這樣反覆講著。