It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom.

  • -- Quentin Crisp 昆汀·奎斯普

通向自由的不是简单的事实陈述;正是不断地重复它们才产生了这种解放的效果。宽容不是启蒙的结果,而是厌倦的结果。

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Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.

偏见是一种负担,它混淆了过去,威胁着未来,使现在变得遥不可及。

We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.

我们不想让其他肤色的男人成为我们的姐夫,但我们确实想让他们成为我们的兄弟。

Every day is a new opportunity to work with what you have inside toward enlightenment.

每一天都是一个新的机会,用你内在的力量去启迪。

And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment.

只要你受生与死的支配,你就永远不会觉悟。

Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dying?

无聊难道不比一个人的官能慢慢消失的感觉更少吗?

Boredom comes from a boring mind.

无聊来自无聊的思想。