As I write at the end, if we step back and face the enormity of the torrent, then we have taken the first step to imagining what we might want to do about it.

  • -- Todd Gitlin 托德·吉特林

正如我在文章结尾所写的,如果我们退后一步,面对汹涌的洪流,那么我们已经迈出了第一步,去想象我们可能想要做些什么。

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Why do people embrace God? In my opinion, belief in God and an afterlife is a necessary extension of man's need to feel that this life does not end with what we call death.

为什么人们拥抱上帝?在我看来,对上帝和来世的信仰是人类需要的必要延伸,人类需要感觉到今生不会以我们所说的死亡结束。

As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it makes all the difference whether we begin or end with the inquiry, 'What is truth?'

正如一个人几乎可以使自己相信他倾向于相信的任何事情一样,无论我们以“真理是什么?”

If I were to agree to write the music for your beautiful poem, it would tie your poem up for some years as I have agreements and obligations which I must respect.

如果我同意为你那首优美的诗谱曲,这将把你的诗束缚好几年,因为我有一些必须遵守的协议和义务。

I know already the music I will write. But the words? I have not yet decided.

我已经知道我要写的音乐了。但这句话吗?我还没有决定。