To conquer nature is, in effect, to remove all natural barriers and human norms and to substitute artificial, fabricated equivalents for natural processes.

  • -- Alex Campbell 亚历克斯·坎贝尔

实际上,征服自然就是消除一切自然障碍和人类准则,用人为的、捏造的等价物来代替自然过程。

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The world is given to me only once, not one existing and one perceived. Subject and object are only one. The barrier between them cannot be said to have broken down as a result of recent experience in the physical sciences, for this barrier does not exist.

世界只给我一次,不存在也不感知。主语和宾语只有一个。由于最近在物理科学方面的经验,不能说它们之间的障碍已经被打破,因为这种障碍并不存在。

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

恐惧是迷信的主要来源,也是残忍的主要来源之一。征服恐惧是智慧的开始。

I like A&E. I like those corny intimate-portrait things. They're so kind of ingenious and artificial and soothing.

我喜欢急救。我喜欢那些老掉牙的亲密画像。它们是如此的巧妙,人工和抚慰。

All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.

万物都是人造的,因为自然是上帝的艺术。

There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.

在孩子的一生中,书籍是无可替代的。

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

能量加毅力可以征服一切。

A barrier is of ideas, not of things.

障碍是观念,而不是事物。

There's no substitute for guts.

没有什么能代替勇气。