It is only of life on Earth, however, that one can speak with any certainty. It seems to me that all life on Earth, the sum total of life upon the Earth, has purpose.

  • -- Clifford D. Simak 西马克·克利福德

然而,只有关于地球上的生命,人们才能有把握地说出来。在我看来,地球上所有的生命,地球上所有生命的总和,都是有目的的。

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It is not "history" which uses men as a means of achieving -- as if it were an individual person -- its own ends. History is nothing but the activity of men in pursuit of their ends.

不是“历史”把人当作达到自己目的的手段——就像把人当作一个独立的人一样。历史不过是人们追求目标的活动。

The timelessness of a concept has to be woven into the running warp of dying time, vertical power has to be wedded to the horizontal earth.

一个概念的永恒必须被编织进死亡时间的经线,垂直的力量必须与水平的地球结合。

The Dodo never had a chance. He seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of becoming extinct and that was all he was good for.

渡渡鸟从来没有机会。他被创造出来的唯一目的似乎就是灭绝,而这正是他所擅长的。

The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

当今世界上麻烦的根本原因是愚蠢的人自以为是,而聪明的人充满怀疑。

Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.

嫉妒源于怀疑。一旦我们从怀疑过渡到确定,它就会变成疯狂或完全停止。

On the earth the broken arcs; in the heaven a perfect round.

地球上破碎的弧线;在天堂一个完美的圆。