Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own infinitude, and his infinitude is, in one sense, overcome.

  • -- George Santayana 乔治·桑塔亚纳

让一个人一旦克服了对自己的无限的自私的恐惧,那么他的无限在某种意义上已经被克服了。

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After having dispatched a meal, I went ashore, and found no habitation save a single house, and that without an occupant; we had no doubt that the people had fled in terror at our approach, as the house was completely furnished.

吃完饭,我上了岸,除了一所没有人住的房子外,我没有找到别的住处。我们毫不怀疑,当我们走近时,人们已经惊恐地逃走了,因为房子里已经布置得很齐全了。

I think we are living in selfish times. I'm the first one to say that I'm the most selfish. We live in the so-called 'first world,' and we may be first in a lot of things like technology, but we are behind in empathy.

我认为我们生活在一个自私的时代。我是第一个说我最自私的人。我们生活在所谓的“第一世界”,我们可能在很多事情上领先,比如科技,但我们在同理心方面落后了。

Before my accident I was a little too... selfish and self-absorbed and for me, to now be at the place where I can kinda give back and inspire people. I'm blessed. I'm really blessed.

在我出事故之前,我也有点……对我来说,现在是一个我可以回馈和激励他人的地方。我很幸运。我真的祝福。

There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat it we must.

没有思想的碰撞,没有理解这样的恐惧。只有一个选择:要么打败它,要么被它打败。我们必须战胜它。