Two hundred or more years ago most people on the planet were never aware of any reality other than the one into which they were brought up.

  • -- Chaim Potok 小说家波图克

两百多年前,这个星球上的大多数人都只知道他们成长的环境。

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When people thought the earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together.

当人们认为地球是平的时候,他们错了。当人们认为地球是球形的时候,他们错了。但是,如果你认为认为地球是球形和认为地球是扁平一样错误,那么你的观点就比这两种观点加起来还要错误。

Whether things turn out for the better depends on what we do. We ought not spend our time masterminding the future, but recognize our marching orders: to do the best we can for history and the planet.

事情是否会好转取决于我们做了什么。我们不应该把时间花在规划未来上,而应该认识到我们的前进目标:为历史和地球尽我们所能。

I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.

我可以向你们保证,妇女们在一起工作——相互联系、相互了解、相互教育——能够给这个被遗弃的星球带来和平与繁荣。

Reality is not simply there, it must be searched and won.

现实并不简单存在,它必须被搜索和赢得。