It is told that Buddha, going out to look on life, was greatly daunted by death. "They all eat one another!" he cried, and called it evil. This process I examined, changed the verb, said, "They all feed one another," and called it good.

  • -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman 吉尔曼

相传佛陀出家观生,被死神吓得魂不附体。“他们都吃对方!”他叫道,并称之为邪恶。我检查了这个过程,改变了动词,说,“他们都互相喂养”,并说这很好。

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Civilization grew in the beginning from the minute that we had communication -- particularly communication by sea that enabled people to get inspiration and ideas from each other and to exchange basic raw materials.

从我们有了交流的那一刻起,文明就开始发展了——尤其是海上的交流,使人们能够从彼此身上获得灵感和想法,并交换基本的原材料。

Only through our connectedness to others can we really know and enhance the self. And only through working on the self can we begin to enhance our connectedness to others.

只有通过与他人的联系,我们才能真正了解并提升自我。只有通过自我的努力,我们才能开始增强与他人的联系。

Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty.

当我们在恶的力量范围之内时,我们并不觉得它是恶,而是一种需要,甚至是一种责任。

Apprehension of evil is worse than the evil itself.

对邪恶的恐惧比邪恶本身更糟糕。