And of all illumination which human reason can give, none is comparable to the discovery of what we are, our nature, our obligations, what happiness we are capable of, and what are the means of attaining it.

  • -- Adam Weishaupt 维斯豪普特

在人类理性所能给予的一切启示中,没有任何一种能与发现我们是什么、我们的本性、我们的义务、我们能够获得什么幸福以及获得幸福的手段相比。

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They are more human and more brotherly towards one another, it seems to me, than we are. But perhaps that is merely because they feel themselves to be more unfortunate than us.

在我看来,他们比我们更有人情味,对彼此更友好。但也许这仅仅是因为他们觉得自己比我们更不幸。

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

没有一种紧缩等于平衡的思想,也没有一种幸福等于满足;没有一种疾病比得上贪婪,也没有一种美德比得上仁慈。

Jail threats did not dissuade Martin Luther King - and intergenerational justice is a moral issue of comparable magnitude to civil rights.

监狱威胁并没有阻止马丁•路德•金——代际正义是一个与民权同等重要的道德问题。

Happiness is something you lay siege to, it is a battle like a game of go. I will take hold of all the pain and snuff it out.

幸福是你围攻的东西,它是一场像围棋一样的战斗。我要忍受所有的痛苦,把它扑灭。

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

荒野不是奢侈品,而是人类精神的必需品。