It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.

  • -- Frederick Douglass 弗雷德里克·道格拉斯

我们需要的不是光,而是火;这不是柔和的阵雨,而是雷声。我们需要风暴、旋风和地震。

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No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for education no man's education is complete.

没有一个崇拜教育的人能从教育中得到最好的东西……没有对教育的温和蔑视,没有人的教育是完整的。

Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course who set sail.

那些想在人类知识的海洋上划船的人不会走得太远,而风暴会把那些起航的人赶出他们的航线。

Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people.

即使在一个极度虚荣和贪婪的时代,人们也不需要远眺就能看到温文尔雅的人们的篝火。

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.

老年就像在暴风雨中飞行的飞机。一旦你上了船,你就什么也做不了了。