The prime goal is to alleviate suffering, and not to prolong life. And if your treatment does not alleviate suffering, but only prolongs life, that treatment should be stopped.

  • -- Christiaan Barnard 克里斯蒂安·巴纳德

首要目标是减轻痛苦,而不是延长寿命。如果你的治疗不能减轻痛苦,而只能延长生命,那就应该停止治疗。

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I ask myself: Would I have been any worse off if I had stayed home or lived on a farm instead of shock treatments and medication?

我问自己:如果我呆在家里或住在农场,而不是接受休克治疗和药物治疗,我会更糟吗?

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

人们很难从痛苦中解脱出来。出于对未知的恐惧,他们更喜欢熟悉的痛苦。

I do take responsibility for it. I admit to having a problem. I have been to numerous treatment centers.

我确实对此负责。我承认有个问题。我去过很多治疗中心。

Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.

人不受苦就不能改造自己,因为他既是大理石又是雕刻家。