The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others.

  • -- George Santayana 乔治·桑塔亚纳

一个机构越理性,它就越不会因为向他人做出让步而受到损害。

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In conversion you are not attached primarily to an order, nor to an institution, nor a movement, nor a set of beliefs, nor a code of action - you are attached primarily to a Person, and secondarily to these other things.

在皈依过程中,你并不主要依附于一种秩序、一种制度、一种运动、一套信仰或一套行动准则——你主要依附于一个人,其次是依附于这些东西。

A person without a shadow should keep out of the sun, that is the only safe and rational plan.

一个没有阴影的人应该远离阳光,这是唯一安全合理的计划。

At all events, arbitration is more rational, just, and humane than the resort to the sword.

无论如何,仲裁比诉诸武力更加理性、公正和人道。

The world is a penal institution.

世界是一个刑罚制度。