The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin.

  • -- Thomas Henry Huxley 赫胥黎

自然知识的改善者绝对拒绝承认权威本身。对他来说,怀疑是最高的责任;盲目的信心是不可饶恕的罪。

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Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.

修行就是在面对一切障碍时,一遍又一遍的去完成一些愿景、信仰和欲望的行为。实践是追求完美的一种方式。

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out.

与你能找到的最好的人为伍,授权,只要你决定的政策正在执行,就不要干涉。

We have not reached the consensus that to eat is a basic human right. This is an ethical crisis. This is a crisis of faith.

我们还没有达成吃饭是一项基本人权的共识。这是一场道德危机。这是一场信仰危机。

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is.

不到期求顺从的,有祸了。拒绝接受现实的人有祸了。

Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men.

自由是从别人的专制统治中解放出来的。

I base jumped off one of the highest buildings in the world.

我从世界上最高的建筑物之一上跳下。

One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time.

一个人可以一步一步地跨过最高的山。

The day is never so holy that the pot refuses to boil.

天再圣洁,锅也不开。