The essence of morality is a questioning about morality; and the decisive move of human life is to use ceaselessly all light to look for the origin of the opposition between good and evil.

  • -- Georges Bataille 乔治·巴塔耶

道德的本质是对道德的质疑;而人类生命的决定性行动就是不断地利用一切光明来寻找善与恶对立的根源。

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Morality must relate, at some level, to the well-being of conscious creatures. If there are more and less effective ways for us to seek happiness and to avoid misery in this world - and there clearly are - then there are right and wrong answers to questions of morality.

道德必须在某种程度上与有意识的生物的幸福联系起来。如果我们在这个世界上有更多或更少有效的方法来寻求幸福和避免痛苦——显然有——那么道德问题就有正确和错误的答案。

The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser one.

真正的艺术家不会用不道德代替道德。相反,他总是用更高尚的道德来代替更粗俗的道德。

One must love humanity in order to reach out into the unique essence of each individual: no one can be too low or too ugly.

一个人必须热爱人性,才能触及到每个人独特的本质:没有人可以太低或太丑。

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

所有美丽的艺术,所有伟大的艺术的本质,都是感恩。