The World As I See It
The World As I See It Albert Einstein
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My passionate sense of social justice and social responsibility has always contrasted oddly with my pronounced lack of need for direct contact with other human beings and human communities. I am truly a “lone traveler” and have never belonged to my country， my home， my friends， or even my immediate family， with my whole heart： in the face of all these ties， I have never lost a sense of distance and a need for solitude - feelings which increase with the years. One becomes sharply aware， but without regret， of the limits of mutual understanding and consonance with other people. No doubt， such a person loses some of his innocence and unconcern； on the other hand， he is largely independent of the opinions， habits， and judgments of his fellows and avoids the temptation to build his inner equilibrium upon such insecure foundation.
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immediate ad. 最接近的；緊接的；貼近的：the immediate family 直系親屬
solitude n. 單獨，孤零；獨居；隱居；寂寞
consonance n. 協調，一致
temptation n. 引誘，誘惑
equilibrium n. 平衡，均衡
我的世界觀
阿爾伯特。愛因斯坦
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我有強烈的社會正義感和社會責任感，但我又明顯地缺乏與別人和社會直接接觸的要求，這兩者總是形成古怪的對照。我實在是一個“孤獨的旅客”，我未曾全心全意地屬于我的國家、我的家庭、我的朋友，甚至我最接近的親人；在所有這些關系面前，我總是感覺到有一定距離并且需要保持孤獨――而這種感受正與年俱增。人們會清楚地發覺，同別人的相互了解和協調一致是有限度的，但這不值得惋惜。無疑，這樣的人在某種程度上會失去他的天真無邪和無憂無慮的心境；但另一方面，他卻能夠在很大程度上不為別人的意見、習慣和判斷所左右，并且能夠避免那種把他的內心平衡建立在這樣一些不可靠的基礎之上的誘惑。
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