Life is insanely robust, though we can make species go extinct, and this is the bad thing. So I always make the point that you can't say, 'Is it too late?' That is the terrible question, because either answer promotes inaction. If it's too late, you don't need to act; if it's not too late, you don't need to act.

  • -- Kim Stanley Robinson 金·斯坦利·罗宾森

尽管我们可以让物种灭绝,但生命是异常强健的,这是件坏事。所以我总是强调,你不能说,‘是不是太晚了?这是一个可怕的问题,因为任何一个答案都会导致无所作为。如果太晚了,你不需要采取行动;如果还不算太晚,你不需要采取行动。

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The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on with one's life as if it were interminable. I always admired Chekhov for building a new house when he was dying of tuberculosis.

应对衰老的方法是让自己的大脑忙碌起来,继续过着永无止境的生活。我一直很钦佩契诃夫,因为他在死于肺结核的时候盖了一栋新房子。

Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction.

大自然从不停止进步和发展,它诅咒一切不作为。

We have no right to express an opinion until we know all of the answers.

在我们知道所有的答案之前,我们没有权利发表意见。

I never worry about action, but only about inaction

我从不担心行动,只担心不作为