思想,在理解和想象的程度上,都是被动的。
The mind, both in so far as it understands, and in so far as it imagines, is passive.
我声称要完全活出我时代的矛盾,这可能会使讽刺成为真理的条件。
Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.
民主与其说是一种政府形式,不如说是一套原则。
The idea comes first, then the form.