We should conceive of ourselves not as rulers of Earth, but as highly powerful, conscious stewards: The Earth is given to us in trust, and we can screw it up or make it work well and sustainably.

  • -- Kim Stanley Robinson 金·斯坦利·罗宾森

我们不应该把自己想象成地球的统治者,而应该想象成高度强大、有意识的管家:地球是托付给我们的,我们可以把它搞砸,或者让它运转良好、可持续。

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Since this war began our sympathy has gone out to all the suffering people who have been dragged into it. Further hundreds of millions have become involved since I spoke at Limerick fortnight ago.

自从这场战争开始以来,我们同情所有被卷入战争的苦难人民。自两周前我在利默里克发表演讲以来,又有数亿人参与其中。

So often we try to alter circumstances to suit ourselves, instead of letting them alter us, which is what they are meant to do.

我们常常试图改变环境来适应自己,而不是让它们改变我们,而这正是它们的本意。

Each work has its own space, which should neither be conceived as a sort of cage nor regarded as extending to infinity.

每一件作品都有自己的空间,既不应被视为笼,也不应被视为无限延伸。

Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.

就像我们的眼睛需要光才能看到东西一样,我们的大脑也需要想法才能构思。