Civilisations have been destroyed many times, and this civilisation is no different. It can be destroyed. We can think of time in terms of millions of years and life will resume little by little. The cosmos operates for us very urgently, but geological time is different.

  • -- Thich Nhat Hanh 一行禅师

文明已经被摧毁了很多次,这个文明也不例外。它可以被摧毁。我们可以把时间想象成几百万年,生活就会一点一点地恢复。宇宙对我们的作用非常迫切,但地质时间是不同的。

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Just carrying a ruler with you in your pocket should be forbidden, at least on a moral basis. The ruler is the symbol of the new illiteracy. The ruler is the symptom of the new disease, disintegration of our civilisation.

仅仅携带一把尺子在口袋里就应该被禁止,至少在道德上是这样的。统治者是新文盲的象征。统治者是一种新疾病的症状,我们的文明正在瓦解。

It seems I have a hard time being attracted to someone unless I respect what they do on some level. Otherwise, I would feel disdain for them. Which is not always pleasant in a relationship. Sometimes it's fun though.

我似乎很难被某个人吸引,除非我在某种程度上尊重他们的行为。否则,我会鄙视他们。这在一段关系中并不总是令人愉快的。但有时也很有趣。

Through the wholesale destruction of the representatives of a class that from the beginning of history had been the directing and creative force in civilization, a process began which was almost mechanical.

一个从历史一开始就是文明的指导和创造力量的阶级的代表遭到大规模的破坏,从而开始了一个几乎是机械的进程。

I've always liked trees. And then, growing up, I took an interest in ecology, hedges being destroyed, the landscape being turned into prairies.

我一直喜欢树。然后,随着年龄的增长,我对生态学产生了兴趣,树篱被毁坏了,景观变成了草原。

Besides, my usefulness here is destroyed because all of my friends think me a man of unsound mind.

此外,我在这里的用处被毁了,因为我所有的朋友都认为我是一个精神不健全的人。

What times! what morals!

什么时间!什么道德!