1. 如果没有人向我们提供失败的教训，我们将一事无成。我们思考的轨道是在正确和错误之间二者择一，而且错误的选择和正确的选择的频率相等——刘易斯·托马斯

1. "If no one provides us with the lessons of failure, we shall achieve nothing. The track of our thinking is to choose between right and wrong, and the frequency of the wrong choice is equal to that of the right choice." - Lewis Thomas

2. 凡有疑，则精思之，思精而后讲论，乃能有益。〔中〕胡宏：《与彪德美》

2. Whenever there is any doubt, one should ponder deeply on it. Only after thorough thinking can one engage in discussions, which will then be beneficial. [In Chinese] Hu Hong: "To Biao Demei"

3. 学校课堂要有使学生能够产生问题运用思想的情境，那就必须设置主动的作业和足以运用的资料。——杜威

3. In school classrooms, in order to create situations that enable students to generate questions and apply their thinking, it is necessary to set up active assignments and sufficient materials for application. — Dewey

4. ……凡是可以思考的东西，应当可以清楚地思考。〔奥〕维特根斯坦：《逻辑哲学论》

4. ……Everything that can be thought should be thought clearly. (Austrian) Wittgenstein: "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus"

5. 世上最艰巨的使命是什么？思考。〔美〕爱默生：《智慧》

What is the most arduous mission in the world? Think. [U.S.] Emerson: "Wisdom"

6. 放弃独立思考，是一切不幸的核心。〔法〕罗曼罗兰

6. Abandoning independent thinking is the core of all misfortune. [French] Romain Rolland

7. 天才就是百分之九十九的汗水加百分之一的灵感。

7. Genius is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration.

8. 恐惧的主要原因是惊奇，摆脱它的最好办法是临事先思考，并使自己对所有不测事件(惊奇是由对它们的害怕引起的)有所准备。——笛卡尔

8. The main cause of fear is surprise; the best way to overcome it is to contemplate the event beforehand and prepare oneself for all unexpected occurrences (fear arises from the fear of them). - Descartes

9. 科学要求它的信徒具有许多预备知识，还需要一种大多数人中都是少见的爱好思考的习惯。〔俄〕车尔尼雪夫斯基：《文学原理》

9. Science demands that its adherents possess a multitude of prerequisite knowledge, and also requires a habit of reflective thinking that is rare among most people. [Russian] Chernyshevsky: "The Principles of Literature"

10. 我只是对一件事情很长时间、很热心地去考虑罢了！〔英〕牛顿：《近代四大物理学家》

10. I have merely considered one thing for a long time with great enthusiasm! [English] Newton: "The Four Greatest Physicists of the Modern Era"

11. 学习知识要善于思考、思考、再思考，我就是靠这个学习方法成为科学家的。〔德〕爱因斯坦：《爱因斯坦》

11. To learn knowledge, one must be good at thinking, thinking, and thinking again; it is through this method of learning that I have become a scientist. — Albert Einstein, "Einstein" (German)

12. 我们要敢于思考“不可想象的事情”，因为如果事情变得不可想象，思考就停止，行动就变得无意识。——富布赖特

12. We must dare to think about "impossible things," because if things become unimaginable, thinking stops and action becomes unconscious. - Fubright

13. 人类可以用过去和未来的概念进行思考。〔波〕维克多奥辛廷斯基：《未来启示录》

13. Humans are capable of thinking in terms of the concepts of the past and the future. [Poland] Victor Ossinski: "Apocalypse of the Future"

14. 冷眼观人，冷耳听语，冷情当感，冷心思理。〔中〕洪应明：《菜根谭》

14. With a cold eye observe people, with a cold ear listen to words, with a cold heart feel emotions, and with a cold mind reason things. [Chinese] Hong Yingming: "The Sayings of the Mustard Seed"

15. 喜欢思考的人，他们比任何人都不幸，因为他们思考的重担被他们头脑的盲目性加重了。〔苏〕高尔基：《科诺瓦洛夫》

15. People who like to think are the most unfortunate of all, because the burden of their thinking is intensified by the blindness of their minds. [Soviet] Maxim Gorky: "Konovалов"

16. 观察和推理所产生的乐趣比技术和娱乐带来的乐趣要高雅得多。〔英〕达尔文：《自传》

16. The pleasure derived from observation and reasoning is much more refined than that provided by technology and entertainment. [Eng] Charles Darwin: "Autobiography"

17. 为寻求真理而思考是世界上最困难的工作，比收庄稼、生孩子还困难。〔巴基斯坦〕阿卜杜拉侯赛因：《悲哀世代》

17. Thinking for the sake of seeking truth is the most difficult work in the world, harder than harvesting crops or giving birth. [Pakistan] Abdul Husain: The Sad Generation

18. 有两种容易悄悄过生活的方法，就是相信一切或怀疑一切。两种方法都使我们省却思考。——科齐布斯基

18. There are two easy ways to quietly pass through life, which is to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both methods save us the trouble of thinking. — Kosinski

19. 友谊不但能使人生走出暴风骤雨的感情而走向阳光明媚的晴空，而且能使人摆脱黑暗混乱的胡思乱想而走入光明与理性的思考。——培根

19. Friendship not only helps one to navigate through the stormy emotions of life towards a sunny sky, but also aids in shedding the dark and chaotic thoughts to walk into the light of reason and rationality. — Bacon

20. 任何人不能替我思考，就像任何人不能替我戴帽子一样。〔奥〕维特根斯坦：《文化和价值》

20. No one can think for me, just as no one can wear a hat for me. [Aust.] Wittgenstein: "Culture and Value"

21. 有许多人玩乐致死。有许多人大吃大喝致死，没有人思考致死。——海特

21. Many people are killed by fun. Many people are killed by excessive eating and drinking, and no one thinks about it.—Haight

22. 我们每个人的幸福也依赖于祖国的繁荣，如果损害了祖国的利益，我们每个人就得不到幸福。——雷锋

22. The happiness of each of us also depends on the prosperity of our motherland. If the interests of our motherland are harmed, none of us can attain happiness. -- Lei Feng

23. 夫深沉不测则临事好思，临事好思则心存默识。〔中〕穆修：《穆参军集上大名陈观察书》

23. If one is deep and inscrutable, they tend to ponder over matters when faced with them; and if they ponder over matters when faced with them, their mind is filled with silent recognition. [In Chinese] Mu Xi: "Letter to Chen Guancha, the Official of Daming, from the Collection of Mu Zijun"

24. 人之于文学也，犹玉之于琢磨也。诗曰：“如切如磋，如琢如磨”，谓学问也。——荀况

24. People to literature, as jade to polishing. The poem says: "As if cut and polished, as if carved and polished," referring to learning. ——Xun Kuang

25. 突然向我揭开秘密，叫我在别人意料不到的情况下说什么或做什么的，不是天才而是推论和思考。〔法〕拿破仑：《拿破仑传》

25. To suddenly reveal a secret to me and ask me to say or do something that others did not expect is not genius but deduction and thinking. [French] Napoleon: "The Life of Napoleon"

26. 思考的意思是：亲近自己。——乌纳木诺

26. The meaning of meditation is: to be close to oneself. — Unamuno

27. 一个教师如果要最大限度地发挥他的才能，那就需要运用他的一切智慧、情感和想象力，对他的原则、价值和目的作透彻的思考。——莫里斯·比格

27. A teacher must use all his wisdom, emotion, and imagination, and give thorough thought to his principles, values, and purposes, in order to maximize his talents. — Maurice Bick

28. 读书不是为了雄辩和驳斥，也不是为了轻信和盲从，而是为了思考和权衡。——培根

28. Reading is not for argument and debate, nor for easy belief and blind obedience, but for thought and judgment. — Bacon

29. 只有甚至比哲学家们更加疯狂地进行思维，你才会解决他们的问题。〔奥〕维特根斯坦

29. Only by thinking even more wildly than the philosophers, will you solve their problems. [Austrian] Wittgenstein

30. 思则有备，有备无患。〔中〕左丘明：《左传襄公十一年》

30. "With thought comes preparation, and with preparation, there is no danger." [China] Zuo Qiuming: "Zuo Zhuan, the Eleventh Year of Duke Xiang"

31. 人是为了思考才被创造出来的。——帕斯卡

31. Man is created to think. - Pascal

32. 有时候读书是一种巧妙地避开思考的方法——赫尔普斯

32. Sometimes reading is a clever way to avoid thinking — Hulps

33. 人生最终的目的在于觉醒和思考的能力，而不只在于生存。——亚里思多德

33. The ultimate purpose of life lies in the ability to awaken and think, not merely in survival. - Aristotle