【文章大意】

信念和決心共存，并不會(huì)以人的意志為轉(zhuǎn)移，不幸的是，當(dāng)矛盾和疑慮消失時(shí)，信念也就喪失了。因此當(dāng)存在疑慮時(shí)，千萬(wàn)不要壓制而要引導(dǎo)它。喪失信念就會(huì)出現(xiàn)挫折。信念越丟失，挫折越大。信念在某種意義上是一種自我滿(mǎn)足，它適應(yīng)并維護(hù)人類(lèi)的行為。而目標(biāo)永遠(yuǎn)無(wú)法真實(shí)。因?yàn)樗肋h(yuǎn)高于人們心中的執(zhí)念。

【關(guān)鍵詞句】

1. impenetrable

不能穿過(guò)的、不能通過(guò)的。

2. qualms，

疑慮、不安。

3. stalwart

作名詞是“忠實(shí)的擁護(hù)者”，作形容詞是“結(jié)實(shí)的、堅(jiān)定的”。

4. obsessive

執(zhí)著的、縈繞于心的。

5. infringe

違反、侵犯。

6. egoistical

意為limited to or caring only about yourself and your own need。也就是“以自我為中心的、自私自利的”。

7. engender

意為“產(chǎn)生、引起、造成某種情況和形勢(shì)”。

【經(jīng)典句子】

1. Frustration is the first offspring of a belief losing its grounds. The firmer the latter， the superior the former.

喪失信念首先就會(huì)出現(xiàn)挫折。信念越丟失，挫折越大。

2. No belief is entire， hence， no belief can be ended entirely.

沒(méi)有任何信念是完整無(wú)缺的，因此，沒(méi)有任何信念可以被完全隔阻。

【原文】

Purpose

There is no God.

Belief is a stray sentiment; it functions furiously around its determination to survive. If it is healthy， it is impenetrable， if it is not， it is unknowingly so. Sadly， it also doesn't end with man; it ends with conflict and qualms. Men know perfectly to be courageous， they do not know but what to be courageous of， for or against. A belief is a second conscience overruling the normal one， it provides for all expectations of courage. It is difficult to confront a firm belief with the firmest of qualms; it is easier instead to assault it with them. One must never impress a doubt， one must induce it. Frustration is the first offspring of a belief losing its grounds. The firmer the latter， the superior the former.

No belief is entire， hence， no belief can be ended entirely; ridden by disparate proportions of an unapparent guilt， man， of what he believes wholly， holds desires against it. Belief is a personal satisfaction that justifies man's actions; it also appropriates it. \"We do what we believe in\" - to the extent of - \"we must do what we believe in\". People aspire towards their beliefs.

Man is never totally satisfied.

Between man and the obtainable， lies a cheap form of development - motive; between a man and the unobtainable， lies the pursuit that searches beyond the compatible in him - purpose. Motive constricts man to his self; purpose is all and any involvement beside and outside this. Motive and purpose are close counterparts of the range of man's ability， almost like alibi and reason. Motive is a funnel for it， and purpose， a gauge. Both are concrete definitions: motive， of a virtue in man and purpose， of the peak of all his virtues. Both are also stalwart contradictions to that same range of the ability of man for motive becomes the exhaustion of one or more attributes， and purpose， their last gesture.

Purpose is never real. It is so because it is higher than the obsessive human prioritization of reality. A man with purpose is alive only to morality when morality is not a sense of right and wrong but merely a sense of direction.

To know how much we can expand is to understand a persisting relation with ourselves， but to know how much we can expand immediately after that obvious relation is to infringe an unfounded realm， much beyond the scope in us， and find， outside one's personal capacity and in an unnatural uniqueness， a paramount artificial strength (for the source is external) and a tantamount egoistical desire.

A man who finds purpose discovers a satisfaction more pure than any happiness and superior to all joy; this satisfaction rears further the implementation of the purpose， and the pursuit of its result. A satisfied result engenders a threat to the world， to alter it by the means of a single man， by a change personal in one's individuality to a change impersonal in the collectivism of an entire breed.