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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With each piece I've completed I have worked to make it intact, and each of them has been an equal high. It's like children. A mother refuses to pick out one as a favorite, and I can't do any better with the dances.

每完成一件作品,我都努力使它完整无缺,每一件作品的高度都是一样的。就像孩子。一位母亲拒绝挑一个最喜欢的,我的舞跳得再好也没有了。

Authority is something from which we are constantly subtracting, of which there remains always a residue, and which we attempt to make smaller and smaller.

权威是我们不断从它身上减去的东西,它总有残余,我们试图把它变得越来越小。

If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.

如果你认为你的老师严厉,等你有了老板再这样想。他没有任期限制。

Anything unnatural was not naturally believed. Faith, in essence, was unnatural.

任何非自然的东西都不会被自然地相信。信仰在本质上是不自然的。

While your life is the true expression of your faith, whom can you fear?

你的生命是你信心的真实表现,你还怕谁呢?

Reality is whatever refuses to go away when I stop believing in it.

现实就是当我不再相信它时,它依然不肯离去。

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

影响一天的质量,那是艺术的最高境界。

In aptitude tests, I scored highest in music.

在能力倾向测试中,我的音乐成绩最高。