As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy.

  • -- Christopher Dawson 克里斯多夫·道森

一旦人们决定所有的手段都可以用来对抗邪恶,那么他们的善就和他们想要消灭的邪恶没有什么区别了。

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Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations.

大多数批判性的写作都是胡言乱语,而且有一半是不诚实的。无论如何,这是一条通往遗忘的捷径。用思想来思考破坏了用情感和感觉来思考的能力。

If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them.

如果我们没有为我们所代表的东西付出足够的努力,在某种程度上,我们必须认识到我们并没有真正代表它们。

Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?

当医生们意见不一,像你我这样的诡辩家们产生怀疑时,谁来做决定呢?

In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine.

在一场一对一的比赛中,谁在他的杂志上多投了一轮,谁就是胜利者。

The only person your are destined to become... is the person you decide to be.

你命中注定要成为的唯一一个人……是你决定成为的那个人。

To have solely one thought, but it to be capable to destroy the universe.

只有一个想法,但它有能力摧毁宇宙。