Most of nature is inherently chaotic. It's not rigidly determined in the old sense. It's not rigidly predictable.

自然界的大部分本质上是混沌的。它不像旧意义上那样是严格确定的。这是不可预测的。

Mother Nature may be forgiving this year, or next year, but eventually she's going to come around and whack you. You've got to be prepared.

大自然也许会在今年或明年原谅你，但最终她会过来打你。你必须做好准备。

Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audience's imagination and create a suspension of disbelief, by which I mean there's no fourth wall.

音乐剧本质上是戏剧性的，意味着诗意，意味着要调动观众的想象力，创造一种不信任感，我的意思是没有第四堵墙。

Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature.

脾气的反复无常和自我矛盾是人性最大的弱点。

My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature.

我绘画的目的一直是尽可能准确地记录我对自然最亲密的印象。

My appointed work is to awaken the divine nature that is within.

我指定的工作是唤醒内在的神性。

My best Acquaintances are those With Whom I spoke no Word-- The Stars that stated come to Town Esteemed Me never rude Although to their Celestial Call I failed to make reply-- My constant--reverential Face Sufficient Courtesy.

我最好的朋友就是他们 我没有和他说话—— 那些说要来镇上的星星 尊重我从不粗鲁 虽然是为了他们的天命 我没有回答—— 我的不变——虔诚的脸 足够的礼貌。

My job has always been to hold a mirror up to nature.

我的工作一直是在大自然面前树立一面镜子。

My nature is to be linear, and when I'm not, I feel really proud of myself.

我的本性是线性的，当我不是线性的时候，我会为自己感到骄傲。

My recollection of a hundred lovely lakes has given me blessed release from care and worry and the troubled thinking of our modern day. It has been a return to the primitive and the peaceful.

我对一百个可爱湖泊的回忆，使我从忧虑和烦恼中得到了解脱。这是对原始与和平的回归。

Natural Selection never made it come to pass, as a habit of nature, that an unsupported stone should move downwards rather than upwards. It applies to no part of inorganic nature, and is very limited even in the phenomena of organic life.

自然选择从来没有让一块没有支撑的石头向下移动而不是向上移动成为自然的一种习惯。它并不适用于无机自然的任何部分，甚至在有机生命的现象中也非常有限。

Nature abhors a vacuum but why do most people hasten to fill in the blanks with garbage?

大自然讨厌真空，但为什么大多数人都急于用垃圾填空呢?

Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I am sure to be filled.

大自然憎恶真空，如果我能漫不经心地走路，我一定会被填补上。

Nature abhors annihilation.

自然界没有毁灭。

Nature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig man, now a bean man.

大自然也会锻造人，一会儿是金子做的人，一会儿是银子做的人，一会儿是无花果做的人，一会儿是豆做的人。