周柯楠翻译作品
推荐36条经典哲理名言
Recommended 36 Classic Philosophical Quotes
1.
活着不是目的，好好活着才是。
The purpose of life is not merely to live, but to live well.
2.
人生在世，知道自己需要什么，只不过是一个人的本能；而懂得自己不需要什么，却是一个人的智慧。
Knowing what you need is human instinct; understanding what you don’t need is true wisdom.
3.
一个人能否有成就，取决于他是否具备自尊心与自信心。
A person's success depends on their self-respect and self-confidence.
4.
孩子害怕黑暗，情有可原；人生真正的悲剧，是成人害怕光明。
It is understandable for children to fear darkness; the real tragedy of life is when adults fear the light.
5.
人生最遗憾的，莫过于轻易地放弃了不该放弃的，固执地坚持了不该坚持的。
Life’s greatest regret is easily abandoning what shouldn’t be abandoned, and stubbornly clinging to what shouldn’t be clung to.
6.
一切皆流，无一静止。
Everything flows; nothing stands still.
7.
幸福是把灵魂安放在最适当的位置。
Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most fitting place.
8.
贤哲追求的不是享乐，而是源于痛苦的自由。
The wise seek not pleasure, but freedom from pain.
9.
每天反复做的事情造就了我们，然后你会发现，卓越不是一种行为，而是一种习惯。
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
10.
我思故我在。
I think, therefore I am.
11.
一个人为情感所支配，其行为便不能自主，而受命运的主宰。
A man ruled by emotion loses control of his actions and becomes subject to fate.
12.
人生而自由，却无往不在枷锁中。
Man is born free, yet everywhere he is in chains.
13.
我们手里的金钱是保持自由的一种工具。
Money in our hands is a tool for preserving freedom.
14.
自由不是让你想做什么就做什么，自由是教你不想做什么，就可以不做什么。
Freedom is not the liberty to do anything we want, but the right to resist doing what we do not want.
15.
世界上有两件东西能震撼人们的心灵：一件是我们心中崇高的道德标准，另一件是我们头顶上灿烂的星空。
Two things fill the mind with ever-increasing awe: the starry heavens above and the moral law within.
16.
三样东西有助于缓解生命的辛劳：希望、睡眠和微笑。
Three things ease life’s hardships: hope, sleep, and a smile.
17.
存在即合理。
What is reasonable is real; what is real is reasonable.
18.
人是靠思想站立起来的。
It is thought that enables humanity to stand tall.
19.
在纯粹的光明中就像在纯黑暗中一样，看不清什么东西。
In pure light, as in pure darkness, nothing can be seen.
20.
人能够做他所想做的，但不能要他所想要的。
A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.
21.
没有相当程度的孤独，就不可能有内心的平和。
Without a certain degree of solitude, there can be no true peace of mind.
22.
没有人生活在过去，也没有人生活在未来，现在是生命确实占有的唯一形态。
No one lives in the past, no one lives in the future; the present is the only form life truly possesses.
23.
理论所不能解决的疑难问题，实践将为你解决。
Theoretical problems that defy solution will be resolved through practice.
24.
爱就是成就一个人。
To love is to help another person become whole.
25.
其实人跟树是一样的，越是向往高处的阳光，它的根就越要伸向黑暗的地下。
A person is like a tree: the deeper its roots stretch toward the dark earth, the higher it reaches for the sunlight.
26.
人生最终的价值在于觉醒和思考的能力，而不只在于生存。
The ultimate value of life lies not merely in survival, but in the ability to awaken and think.
27.
真正的智慧是知道自己的无知。
True wisdom is knowing that you know nothing.
28.
抓住主要矛盾，一切问题就迎刃而解。
Grasp the principal contradiction, and all other problems will be solved effortlessly.
29.
人生的幸福不在于拥有什么，而在于成为什么。
The happiness of life does not lie in what we possess, but in what we become.
30.
你既可以用爱得到全世界，也可以用恨失去全世界。
You can win the whole world with love, or lose it all with hatred.
31.
星星之火，可以燎原。
A single spark can start a prairie fire.
32.
投资成功的关键在于，你能否在别人贪婪时恐惧，在别人恐惧时贪婪。
The key to successful investing is whether you can be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful.
33.
自己活着，就是为了使别人活得更美好。
The purpose of my life is to make others' lives better.
34.
人的一生应当这样度过：当回忆往事的时候，他不至于因为虚度年华而懊悔，也不至于因为过去的碌碌无为而羞愧。
One should live life in such a way that, when looking back, one feels no regret for time wasted, nor shame for a life of idleness.
35.
人最大的不自由就是永远都无法摆脱自由。
Man's greatest unfreedom is that he can never rid himself of freedom.
36.
自由意味着责任，这就是大多数人畏惧它的原因。
Liberty implies responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
英译：周柯楠
2025年8月8
August 8, 2025
