Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.

  • -- John Burroughs 美国博物学家巴勒斯

大自然教给我们的比她说教的要多。石头里没有布道。从石头中得到火花比从道德中得到道德更容易。

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What would our world be like if we ceased to worry about "right" and "wrong," or "good" and "evil," and simply acted so as to maximize well-being, our own and that of others? Would we lose anything important?

如果我们不再担心“对”和“错”,或“善”和“恶”,而只是为了最大限度地增进我们自己和他人的福祉而行动,我们的世界会变成什么样子?我们会失去什么重要的东西吗?

I find that when I dislike what I see on the stage I can be vastly amusing, but when I write about something I like I find that I am appallingly dull.

我发现当我不喜欢我在舞台上看到的东西时,我可以非常有趣,但当我写一些我喜欢的东西时,我发现我是可怕地沉闷。