A great many things have been pronounced untrue and absurd, and even impossible, by the highest authorities in the age in which they lived, which have afterwards, and, indeed, within a very short period, been found to be both possible and true.

  • -- Catherine Crowe 凯瑟琳·克劳

他们所生活的那个时代的最高权威曾说过许多事情都是不真实的,荒谬的,甚至是不可能的。后来,甚至在很短的时间内,人们发现这些事情都是可能的,也是真实的。

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Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only continue. Anthropological Commentary The opposite of a trivial truth is false; the opposite of a great truth is also true.

在过去的三十年里,技术的进步超过了前两千年。进步的指数增长只会继续下去。人类学的评论与琐碎事实相反的是错误的;伟大真理的反面也是正确的。

I think it is impossible to explain faith. It is like trying to explain air, which one cannot do by dividing it into its component parts and labeling them scientifically. It must be breathed to be understood.

我认为解释信仰是不可能的。这就像试图解释空气一样,一个人无法通过将空气分成不同的组成部分并科学地给它们贴上标签来解释空气。只有呼吸才能被理解。

I have a strong sense of responsibility. I like to be directed, it's true. If I didn't like that, I'd do something else.

我有很强的责任感。我喜欢被导演,这是真的。如果我不喜欢,我就做点别的。

It is certain because it is impossible.

这是肯定的,因为这是不可能的。