约翰·凯奇《沉默》（Silence, John Cage）
巴罗斯·邓纳姆《人对抗神话》（Man Against Myth, Barrows Dunham）
斯特朗克与怀特《风格的要素（第4版）》（The Elements Of Style, Strunk & White (4th ed.)）
麦克罗里《真话写作》（Telling Writing, Macrorie）
《黄檗禅师传心法要》（The Zen Teaching Of Huang Po）
《佩玛·丘卓便携读本》（The Pocket Pema Chödrön）
乔治·奥威尔《我为什么写作》（Why I Write, George Orwell）
其他的书时不时来来去去，但这些始终留在身边。
Silence, John Cage Man Against Myth, Barrows Dunham The Elements Of Style, Strunk & White (4th ed.) Telling Writing, Macrorie The Zen Teaching Of Huang Po The Pocket Pema Chödrön Why I Write, George Orwell Others come and go from time to time, but those stay.
这篇文章的作者提一下自己引用的散文名字是会死吗？“……好的散文就像一块窗玻璃。”——《我为什么写作（Why I write）》，1946年。“政治语言——尽管形式各异，但对所有政党都适用，从保守派到无政府主义者——其目的都是为了让谎言听起来真诚，让谋杀变得体面，并给……”
Would it have killed the author of this post to name the essays he's quoting? "... good prose is like a windowpane." - Why I write, 1946 "Political language — and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists — is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an…
……要不是受了某种既无法抗拒也无法理解的恶魔的驱使，谁也不会去做这种事。据大家所知，那个恶魔无非就是促使婴儿哭闹以博取注意力的同一种本能。——EAB，《我为什么写作（Why I Write）》（窍门或许在于，我们这些业余爱好者可以优先去关注那些格外搞笑的婴儿）
…such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand. For all one knows that demon is simply the same instinct that makes a baby squall for attention --EAB, Why I Write (The trick could be for some of us amateurs to preferentially attend to the preternaturally funny babies)
……https://blog.samaltman.com/the-days-are-long-but-the-decades... 奥威尔论精准使用语言重要性的《政治与英语》（Politics and the English Language）：https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwel... 奥威尔论批判性思维和清晰表达的《我为什么写作》（Why I Write）：https://www.telelib.com/authors/O/OrwellGeorge/essay/whyiwri... 史蒂夫·乔布斯的斯坦福毕业典礼演讲（虽是一篇演讲而非散文，但值得每个季度……
…https://blog.samaltman.com/the-days-are-long-but-the-decades... Orwell's Politics and the English Language on the importance of precise use of language: https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwel... Orwell's Why I Write on critical thinking and clear communication: https://www.telelib.com/authors/O/OrwellGeorge/essay/whyiwri... Steve Jobs' Stanford Commencement Address (a speech rather than an essay, but worthy of quarterly…
> 我非常想知道究竟是什么赋予了奥威尔如此深刻的洞察力。奥威尔自己在《我为什么写作（Why I Write）》中就说过：他认为自己拥有“面对不愉快事实的能力”。大家都说，这有时让他变得很难相处。这种对消极面的聚焦可能也导致了他阵发性的忧郁。但这……
> I would very much like to know what it was that gave Orwell that degree of insight. Orwell said it himself, in Why I Write: he believed he has a "power of facing unpleasant facts". By all accounts that sometimes made him difficult company. This focus on negativity probably contributed to his bouts of melancholy. But this…
约翰·凯奇《沉默》（Silence, John Cage） 巴罗斯·邓纳姆《人对抗神话》（Man Against Myth, Barrows Dunham） 斯特朗克与怀特《风格的要素（第4版）》（The Elements Of Style, Strunk & White (4th ed.)） 麦克罗里《真话写作》（Telling Writing, Macrorie） 《黄檗禅师传心法要》（The Zen Teaching Of Huang Po） 《佩玛·丘卓便携读本》（The Pocket Pema Chödrön） 乔治·奥威尔《我为什么写作》（Why I Write, George Orwell） 其他的书时不时来来去去，但这些始终留在身边。
Silence, John Cage Man Against Myth, Barrows Dunham The Elements Of Style, Strunk & White (4th ed.) Telling Writing, Macrorie The Zen Teaching Of Huang Po The Pocket Pema Chödrön Why I Write, George Orwell Others come and go from time to time, but those stay.
如果你能读法语，我推荐圣西门（Saint-Simon）作为最典型的反例。英语方面，我觉得奥威尔的《我为什么写作（Why I Write）》非常有趣味性。
If you can read French, I recommend Saint-Simon as the quintessential counter-example. In English, I found "Why I Write" by Orwell very entertaining.
这篇文章的作者提一下自己引用的散文名字是会死吗？“……好的散文就像一块窗玻璃。”——《我为什么写作（Why I write）》，1946年。“政治语言——尽管形式各异，但对所有政党都适用，从保守派到无政府主义者——其目的都是为了让谎言听起来真诚，让谋杀变得体面，并给……”
Would it have killed the author of this post to name the essays he's quoting? "... good prose is like a windowpane." - Why I write, 1946 "Political language — and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists — is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an…
……要不是受了某种既无法抗拒也无法理解的恶魔的驱使，谁也不会去做这种事。据大家所知，那个恶魔无非就是促使婴儿哭闹以博取注意力的同一种本能。——EAB，《我为什么写作（Why I Write）》（窍门或许在于，我们这些业余爱好者可以优先去关注那些格外搞笑的婴儿）
…such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand. For all one knows that demon is simply the same instinct that makes a baby squall for attention --EAB, Why I Write (The trick could be for some of us amateurs to preferentially attend to the preternaturally funny babies)
……https://blog.samaltman.com/the-days-are-long-but-the-decades... 奥威尔论精准使用语言重要性的《政治与英语》（Politics and the English Language）：https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwel... 奥威尔论批判性思维和清晰表达的《我为什么写作》（Why I Write）：https://www.telelib.com/authors/O/OrwellGeorge/essay/whyiwri... 史蒂夫·乔布斯的斯坦福毕业典礼演讲（虽是一篇演讲而非散文，但值得每个季度……
…https://blog.samaltman.com/the-days-are-long-but-the-decades... Orwell's Politics and the English Language on the importance of precise use of language: https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwel... Orwell's Why I Write on critical thinking and clear communication: https://www.telelib.com/authors/O/OrwellGeorge/essay/whyiwri... Steve Jobs' Stanford Commencement Address (a speech rather than an essay, but worthy of quarterly…
> 我非常想知道究竟是什么赋予了奥威尔如此深刻的洞察力。奥威尔自己在《我为什么写作（Why I Write）》中就说过：他认为自己拥有“面对不愉快事实的能力”。大家都说，这有时让他变得很难相处。这种对消极面的聚焦可能也导致了他阵发性的忧郁。但这……
> I would very much like to know what it was that gave Orwell that degree of insight. Orwell said it himself, in Why I Write: he believed he has a "power of facing unpleasant facts". By all accounts that sometimes made him difficult company. This focus on negativity probably contributed to his bouts of melancholy. But this…