译⊙林方伟


诺贝尔和平奖得主,犹太人大屠杀生还者作家艾力威瑟尔( Elie Wiesel )7月2日逝世,享年87岁。作为历史的良知,威瑟尔毕生致力于保存犹太人在二战期间遭纳粹大屠杀的记忆。他的57部著作中,以记述他在纳粹集中营的亲身经历的自传《夜》最著名。


1.


Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil.


在我眼里,冷漠是邪恶的化身。


2.


There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.


有些胜利是灵魂与精神上的胜利——虽败犹胜。


3.


When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude.


一个不懂得感恩的人,人性即有缺陷。


一个人的人格往往从他知不知恩图报看得出来。


4.


There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.


我们或许有时无能无力,制止不了不仁不义的事发生,但并不表示我们就只能噤声,反而每一次都该挺身抗议。


5.


We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.


我们时刻都必须持有立场。保持中立往往只对压迫者,而非受害者有利;沉默只会让施暴者如虎添翼,加害受虐者。


6.


Whoever listens to a witness, becomes a witness.


聆听目击者的人,自己也会变成了证人。


7.


The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.


爱的反面非恨,而是漠然。


8.


Action is the only remedy to indifference: the most insidious danger of all.


唯有行动能解除漠然潜伏着的危害。


9.


Albert Camus said, ‘Where there is no hope, one must invent hope.’ It is only pessimistic if you stop with the first half of the sentence and just say, There is no hope. Like Camus, even when it seems hopeless, I invent reasons to hope.


卡缪说过:“人逢绝境须寻希望。”


悲观的人只会停留在句子的前半段,自叹:“没希望了。”我跟卡缪一样,即使前方看似山穷水尽,我也会试图编造出希望的理由。