The spirit's foe in man has not been simplicity, but sophistication.

  • -- George Santayana 乔治·桑塔亚纳

人类精神的敌人不是简单,而是复杂。

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Evil, and evil spirits, devils and devil possession, are the outgrowth of man's inadequate consciousness of God. We must avoid thinking of evil as a thing in itself - a force that works against man or, against God, if you will.

恶与恶灵、魔鬼与魔鬼附身,都是人类对上帝意识不足的结果。我们必须避免认为邪恶本身就是一种东西——一种对抗人类或上帝(如果你愿意的话)的力量。

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

在每个人的生活中,总有那么一段时间,我们内心的火焰熄灭了。然后,它会因为与另一个人的相遇而燃烧起来。我们都应该感谢那些重新点燃内在精神的人。

I just take my three swings and go sit on the bench. I don't ever want to mess up my swing.

我只是挥了三下秋千,然后坐在凳子上。我可不想把秋千弄乱。

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

如果你不能简单地解释它,你就不能很好地理解它。

The most sophisticated people I know inside they are all children.

我所认识的内心最成熟的人都是孩子。