Every society has its own problems, The way to do it, I think, isn’t to run away. You have to work at creating your own culture.
The little things, I can obey. But the big things – how we think, what we value – those you must choose yourself. You can’t let anyone – or any society – determine those for you.
Morrie Schwartz
我說要建立自己的次文化，意思並不是要你對週遭的規定都置之不顧。舉例來說，我不會光著身子到處跑。我不會闖紅燈。這些小事我可以遵守，但大的事情 – 我們怎麼想，我們看重什麼 – 這些你得要自己選擇。你不能讓任何人或任何社會，為你決定這些事情。
墨瑞．史瓦茲
有一些人，會因為地鐵加價而不滿，會因為樓價高企而憤慨。但是，他們又喜歡以政治中立為榮，或是政治冷感為傲。
他們的人生目標是如何用最低的價錢計劃今年聖誕該去哪個東南亞國家旅行，長遠一點可能是所謂的人生大計，即係儲錢計劃買樓結婚生小孩。這個地方未來是怎樣，從來不會是他們思考的問題。
或許他們會覺得「你們大熱天時去遊行，我安坐家中開冷氣乘涼也坐享其成」，為自己的Free Rider的生活態度而自我感覺良好(Game Theory的Prisoner Dilemma? 向他們說只會是對牛彈琴)。
對於這些人，我衷心祝福他們，還有他們的下一代，當他們的下一代問到「為什麼要把我帶來這個像牢房的地方」時，請記著自己今天身在何方。
相對他們，至少，今天在這個地方的我們，問心無愧！
Arbitor Ma
So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they’re busy doing things they think are important. This is because they’re chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.
Morrie Schwartz
太多人像是行屍走肉，就算他們做著自己認為重要的事情，也似乎是半睡半醒，這是因為他們追逐的目標不對。生命若有意義，就要投入去愛別人，投入去關懷你周遭的人，投入去創造一些讓你活得有目的、有意義的事情。
墨瑞．史瓦茲
The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn’t work, don’t buy it.
Morrie Schwartz
我們的文化讓人無法自知自適。你得要十分堅強，才有辦法拒絕這錯誤的文化。
墨瑞．史瓦茲
One of the qualities of liberty is that, as long as it is being striven after, it goes on expanding. Therefore, the man who stands in the midst of the struggle and says, “I have it,” merely shows by doing so that he has just lost it.
Henrik Ibsen
A minority may be right, and a majority is always wrong.
Henrik Ibsen
The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.
Henrik Ibsen
只有最堅強的人才能孑然佇立。
易卜生
The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He doesn’t seem to know that the cost of living, the price of beans, of flour, of rent, of medicines all depend on political decisions. He even prides himself on his political ignorance, sticks out his chest and says he hates politics. He doesn’t know, the imbecile, that from his political non-participation comes the prostitute, the abandoned child, the robber and, worst of all, corrupt officials, the lackeys of exploitive multinational corporations.
Bertolt Brecht
在各種無知中，最差勁的是「政治無知」。他聽而不聞、視而不見，他從不參與任何政治活動。他彷彿懵然不知，種種生活費用，如大豆價格、麵粉價格、租金、醫藥費等，全都與政治決定息息相關。他甚至對自己的政治無知引以為傲，挺起胸膛，高聲說自己討厭政治。這愚人並不知道，基於自己的政治冷感，社會出現了淫業、棄童、搶匪－－更可悲的是出現了貪官污吏，他們對剝削社會的跨國企業阿諛奉承。
布萊希特
The busiest men find (or have) the most leisure (or time).
Proverb
最忙的人時間最多。
諺語
We now live in a nation where doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, government destroys freedom, the press destroys information, religion destroys morals, and our banks destroy the economy.
Chris Hedges
Eureka! 