The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.

  • -- Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大卫·梭罗

遮蔽我们眼睛的光,就是我们的黑暗。只有我们醒着的那一天才会到来。天还没亮呢。太阳不过是一颗晨星。

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Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!

在无数的大脑腔室中,我们的思想被许多隐藏的链条连接着;只要醒来一个,就会有无数的生命从中升起!

The progress of the world can certainly never come at all save by the modified action of the individual beings who compose the world.

世界的进步当然永远不会到来,除非组成世界的各个个体采取改进的行动。

Darkness, true darkness, is something more than lack of light.

黑暗,真正的黑暗,不仅仅是缺少光明。

No non-poetic account of reality can be complete.

没有一种非诗意的对现实的描述是完整的。

When sleeping women wake, mountains will move.

当熟睡的女人醒来时,山就会移动。