It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.

  • -- Thomas Henry Huxley 赫胥黎

不可忘记的是,我们所谓的信仰的理性基础,往往是为我们的本能辩护的极度非理性的尝试。

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But an innovation, to grow organically from within, has to be based on an intact tradition, so our idea is to bring together musicians who represent all these traditions, in workshops, festivals, and concerts, to see how we can connect with each other in music.

但是一个创新,要从内部有机地成长,必须建立在一个完整的传统的基础上,所以我们的想法是把代表所有这些传统的音乐家聚集在一起,在研讨会、节日和音乐会中,看看我们如何在音乐中相互联系。

I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have to pull yourself out of the whirlwind of daily life.

我可以尝试写一本小说。我认为无论你写什么,都需要对自己诚实,你必须把自己从日常生活的漩涡中拉出来。

Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo repeats only the last art, but fame relates all, and often more than all.

名声是行动的回声,向世界发出响亮的声音,只是回声只重复最后一种艺术,但名声与一切有关,而且往往比一切都重要。

The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.

一个不知名的好人所做的工作就像一条藏在地下的水脉,秘密地使地面变绿。

Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood - never.

烈士们,我的朋友,必须在被遗忘、被嘲笑和被利用之间做出选择。至于被理解——永远不会。

I have time to breathe, time to be myself more often, I am a lot more relaxed and less guarded.

我有时间呼吸,有更多的时间做我自己,我更放松,更少戒备。

Before God and high heaven, is there a law for one man which is not a law for every other man.

在神和高天面前,是否有一个人适用的律法,并不适用于所有的人。

I will never attempt to even begin to make excuses for what I did in football.

我永远不会试图为我在足球上所做的一切找借口。

Science is the systematic classification of experience.

科学是经验的系统分类。

From my earliest days, I was fascinated by science.

从我很小的时候起,我就对科学着迷。

Faith is a journey.

信仰是一段旅程。