At times, the evil inclination is so strong that it seems a sin not to satisfy it, and, of course, not wanting to sin, we give it satisfaction.

  • -- Shraga Silverstein 施拉格·西尔弗斯坦

有时,邪恶的倾向是如此强烈,似乎是一种罪,不满足它,当然,不想犯罪,我们给它满足。

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My mother begged doctors to end her life. She was beyond the physical ability to swallow enough of the weak morphine pills she had around her. When she knew she was dying I promised to make sure she could go at a time of her choosing, but it was impossible. I couldn't help.

我母亲恳求医生结束她的生命。她的身体已经无法吞下足够的吗啡药片。当她知道自己将不久于人世时,我答应一定要让她在自己选择的时间离开,但这是不可能的。我不能帮助。

Is it a surprise that into the vessel, in which the mercury has no inclination and no repugnance, not even the slightest, to being there, it should enter and should rise in a column high enough to make equilibrium with the weight of the external air which forces it up?

水银在容器中没有倾斜度,没有任何反感,甚至没有丝毫的反感,因此,当它进入容器时,它应该上升到足够高的水柱中,使之与迫使它上升的外部空气的重量达到平衡,这难道不奇怪吗?

Space and time, not proteins and neurons, hold the answer to the problem of consciousness. When we consider the nerve impulses entering the brain, we realize that they are not woven together automatically, any more than the information is inside a computer.

意识问题的答案是空间和时间,而不是蛋白质和神经元。当我们考虑进入大脑的神经冲动时,我们意识到它们并不是自动交织在一起的,就像电脑里的信息一样。

Often the best answer to the to the evil inclination is not “No!” but “Maybe.”

对于这种邪恶倾向,最好的回答往往不是“不!”但“也许”。