13. 關於信仰
「我不會稱自己為無神論者。對於神的存在,我既不否認也不接受。」
“I wouldn’t call myself an atheist. I neither deny nor accept that there is a God.”
14. 關於死亡
「死亡是一切的終點,我希望自己的死亡儘可能快速、沒有痛苦。我不希望自己失去行動能力,半昏迷癱在床上,插著鼻胃管。」—節錄自《李光耀觀天下》
“There is an end to everything and I want mine to come as quickly and painlessly as possible, not with me incapacitated, half in coma in bed and with a tube going into my nostrils and down to my stomach.”— From One Man’s View of the World
「滿足於現有的成就?我希望我能如此。不,休息之際,死期亦不遠矣。」—節錄自《李光耀的機智與慧黠》
“Rest on laurels? I wish I could do that. No, you rest when you’re dead.”—From The Wit & Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew
「我希望在死後能再見到我太太,但我不認為我能做到。因為我將隨著死亡消逝,一如她。否則,另外一個世界會人口過剩。」—節錄自《李光耀觀天下》
“I wish I can meet my wife in the hereafter, but I don’t think I will. I just cease to exist just as she has ceased to exist – otherwise the other world would be overpopulated.”— From One Man’s View of the World.
15. 最知名的李式名言
「就算是在我臨終彌留之際,就算是在你們即將埋葬我的時候,我如果覺得有問題,我還是會爬起來。」—1988年國慶演講
“Even from my sick bed, even if you are going to lower me into the grave and I feel something is going wrong, I will get up.”—1988 National Day Rally