其实除了这一刻,什么都不存在。从来没人回到过过去,也从来没人以任何有意义的方式成功预测过未来。字面意义上,唯一存在的东西就是这个确切的点:你在空间中的这个位置、你恰好在这里的这个时间。
像所有伟大而深奥的真理一样,这全是悖论:任意两点都无限不同;每个瞬间都完美独特;每个瞬间又溜得太快,你抓不住。
- 你每时每刻都在死去又重生。忘掉还是记住,随你。(Youre dying and being reborn at every moment. Its up to you whether to forget or remember that.)
- 万物因我们注定消亡而更美。你不会比现在更可爱,我们也不会再相聚于此。(Everything is more beautiful because were doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now, and we will never be here again. —— 荷马,《伊利亚特》)
Naval 说,他连两分钟前自己说了什么都不记得。过去充其量是脑子里一段虚构的小记忆带。就他而言,过去已经死了,不存在了。而死亡真正的意思,不过是没有更多的未来时刻了。(All death really means is that there are no more future moments.)
最后一句,留给行动:灵感是易腐的——立刻行动。(Inspiration is perishable—act on it immediately.)
出处
- The Almanack of Naval Ravikant,2020,The Present Is All We Have
译者:本书院译 · 底本:2020 官方免费英文版(navalmanack.com)
本卡语录
其实除了这一刻,什么都不存在。从来没人回到过过去,也从来没人以任何有意义的方式成功预测过未来。
There is actually nothing but this moment. No one has ever gone back in time, and no one has ever been able to successfully predict the future in any way that matters.
你每时每刻都在死去又重生。忘掉还是记住,随你。
Youre dying and being reborn at every moment. Its up to you whether to forget or remember that.
死亡真正的意思,不过是没有更多的未来时刻了。
All death really means is that there are no more future moments.
灵感是易腐的——立刻行动。
Inspiration is perishable—act on it immediately.
Naval 引用的他人语录
以下为 Naval 在原书中明确引用的他人话语,不计入 Naval 语录库。
万物因我们注定消亡而更美。你不会比现在更可爱,我们也不会再相聚于此。(引自荷马《伊利亚特》)
Everything is more beautiful because were doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now, and we will never be here again.
相关卡片
- 理性佛教(Rational Buddhism) — Rational Buddhism:在场 = 佛教内在修行的核心目标
- 按你的价值观生活 — Live by Your Values:活在当下 vs 言行分裂时的未来规划/过去懊悔
- 人生的意义:Naval 给出的三个答案 — The Meanings of Life:过去已死、未来虚无的另一面