History proves abundantly that pure science, undertaken without regard to applications to human needs, is usually ultimately of direct benefit to mankind.

  • -- Irving Langmuir 欧文·兰缪尔

历史充分证明,不考虑人类需要而进行的纯科学,通常最终对人类直接有利。

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It is impossible for us to understand the Church if we regard her as subject to the limitations of human culture. For she is essentially a supernatural organism which transcends human cultures and transforms them to her own ends.

如果我们认为她受人类文化的限制,我们就不可能理解教会。因为她本质上是一个超自然的有机体,它超越了人类文化,并将其转化为自己的目的。

This time at Birmingham turned me into a general biologist, and ever since then I have always tried to take a biological approach to any research project that I have undertaken.

在伯明翰的这段时间使我成为了一名普通生物学家,从那时起,我一直尝试着用生物学的方法来研究我所从事的任何研究项目。

Unfortunately, our history has abundant examples of patriotism being used to hurt those who express views in disagreement with that of the majority.

不幸的是,我们的历史上有许多爱国主义被用来伤害那些表达与大多数人不同意见的人的例子。

You don't have to teach people how to be human. You have to teach them how to stop being inhuman.

你不需要教人们如何做人。你必须教他们如何停止不人道。

To love abundantly is to live abundantly, and to love forever is to live forever.

丰富的爱就是丰富的生活,永远的爱就是永远的生活。