The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.

  • -- Thomas Sowell 托马斯·索厄尔

经济学的第一课是稀缺性:任何东西永远不会足够满足所有想要它的人。政治的第一课是忽视经济学的第一课。

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If the guilt of sin is so great that nothing can satisfy it but the blood of Jesus; and the filth of sin is so great that nothing can fetch out the stain thereof but the blood of Jesus, how great, how heinous, how sinful must the evil of sin be.

若罪的罪过甚大,除了耶稣的血以外,没有什么能叫罪得着满足。罪的污秽甚大,除耶稣的血以外,再没有别的东西能洗去它的污秽。罪的罪恶是何等的大,何等的可恶,何等的罪恶。

It is impossible to disregard such an important medium as television. We should know how to use it, learn to work in it and express new values in it.

忽视像电视这样的重要媒介是不可能的。我们应该知道如何使用它,学会在其中工作,并在其中表达新的价值。

It's fun being creative and that's satisfying.

有创意很有趣,也很令人满意。