The existing principle of selfish interest and competition has been carried to its extreme point; and, in its progress, has isolated the heart of man, blunted the edge of his finest sensibilities, and annihilated all his most generous impulses and sympathies.

  • -- Frances Wright 弗朗西丝·莱特

现行的自私利益和竞争原则已经到了极点;在这一过程中,它孤立了人类的心灵,钝化了人类最敏锐的感情,消灭了人类最慷慨的冲动和同情心。

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I think we are living in selfish times. I'm the first one to say that I'm the most selfish. We live in the so-called 'first world,' and we may be first in a lot of things like technology, but we are behind in empathy.

我认为我们生活在一个自私的时代。我是第一个说我最自私的人。我们生活在所谓的“第一世界”,我们可能在很多事情上领先,比如科技,但我们在同理心方面落后了。

The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought.

对一个人来说,最好的书并不总是那些智者推荐的书,而是那些能满足他特殊需求的书,能满足他头脑中自然的渴望,因此能唤起兴趣,吸引思想。

There are many selfish people who are extremely original, then they take those pure ideas and use them to raise themselves up, that is an insincere move.

有很多自私的人是非常原创的,然后他们用那些纯粹的想法来提高自己,这是一个不真诚的举动。

I am not generous about telling people who I am and what I like to do because it's my life and it only belongs to me and my friends and family.

我不会大方地告诉别人我是谁,我喜欢做什么,因为这是我的生活,它只属于我和我的朋友和家人。

I got interested in computers and how they could be enslaved to the megalomaniac impulses of a teenager.

我对电脑很感兴趣,也想知道它们是如何被青少年的自大狂冲动所奴役的。

To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind.

服务是美丽的,但只有当它是与快乐,整个心和自由的思想。

I guess I'm way too kind and generous, and a saint - if you can believe that!

我想我太善良、太慷慨了,而且是个圣人——如果你能相信的话!

It the heart is right, the head cannot be very far wrong.

只要心是对的,头脑就不会大错特错。