The fine pleasure is not to do a thing but to feel that you could... If I could but get on, if I could but produce a work I should not mind its being buried, silenced, and going no further; but it kills me to be time’s eunuch and never to beget.

  • -- Gerard Manley Hopkins 杰拉德·曼利·霍普金斯

美好的快乐不是去做一件事,而是觉得你可以……只要我能继续前进,只要我能创作出一件作品,我就不介意它被埋没、沉寂,再也走不动了;但做时间的太监却永远不会生孩子,这让我很痛苦。

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At a time when science plays such a powerful role in the life of society, when the destiny of the whole of mankind may hinge on the results of scientific research, it is incumbent on all scientists to be fully conscious of that role, and conduct themselves accordingly.

当科学在社会生活中发挥如此强大的作用,当整个人类的命运可能取决于科学研究的结果时,所有科学家都有责任充分意识到这一作用,并据此行事。

The thing about Occupy is that the sentiment the movement embodies is timeless: Don't be greedy, share.

“占领”运动体现的是一种永恒的情感:不要贪婪,要分享。