The danger to society is not merely that it should believe wrong things, though that is great enough; but that it should become credulous, and lose the habit of testing things and inquiring into them; for then it must sink back into savagery.

  • -- William Kingdon Clifford 威廉·金顿·克利福德

对社会的危险不仅在于它应该相信错误的事情,尽管这已经足够了;而是要它变得轻信,失去对事物进行检验和探究的习惯;因为到那时,它一定会重新陷入野蛮状态。

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Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do anything that is worth doing.

只有当一个人坚定地、强有力地相信,他才能快乐地行动,或者做任何值得做的事情。

If you believe in a cause, you must be willing to put yourself on the line for that cause.

如果你相信一项事业,你必须愿意为那项事业冒险。