By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.

  • -- E. O. Wilson 威尔森

以任何合理的成就衡量,启蒙思想家对科学的信仰都是有道理的。

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The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation.

如果把信仰的神秘变成肯定和否定的对象,那么信仰的神秘就会堕落,而实际上信仰应该成为沉思的对象。

But I must submit all my Hopes and Fears, to an overruling Providence, in which, unfashionable as the Faith may be, I firmly believe.

但是,我必须把我所有的希望和恐惧都交给压倒一切的天意,尽管这种天意的信仰也许并不流行,但我坚信它是正确的。

The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.

预测者的羊群本能让羊看起来像是独立的思考者。

I just like to think rather than talk. But I enjoy everyone's company.

我只是喜欢思考而不是说话。但我喜欢和大家在一起。