If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

  • -- Albert Einstein 爱因斯坦

如果人们仅仅因为害怕惩罚而善良,而希望得到回报,那么我们真的很遗憾。

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Any humane and reasonable person must conclude that if the ends, however desireable, are uncertain and the means are horrible and certain, these means must not be employed.

任何有人性和理性的人都必须得出这样的结论:如果目的,无论多么令人渴望,是不确定的,手段是可怕的和确定的,这些手段就一定不能使用。

No, it's not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as he should have to the one coming from inside.

不,这不是一个很好的故事——它的作者忙于倾听其他声音,而没有尽可能地去倾听来自内心的声音。

Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.

大自然教给我们的比她说教的要多。石头里没有布道。从石头中得到火花比从道德中得到道德更容易。

Screaming is bad for the voice, but it's good for the heart.

尖叫对声音有害,但对心脏有益。