A discriminating irreverence is the creator and protector of human liberty.

  • -- Mark Twain 马克·吐温

有辨别力的不敬是人类自由的创造者和保护者。

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There is only one valid way to partake of the universe -- whether the partaking is of food and water, the love of another, or, indeed, a pill. That way is characterized by reverence -- a reverence born of a felt sense of participation in the universe, a kinship with all and with all matter.

分享宇宙只有一种有效的方式——不管分享的是食物和水、对他人的爱,还是一粒药丸。这种方式的特点是敬畏——一种源于对宇宙参与感的敬畏,一种与所有人和所有物质的亲近感。

It is wrong to ask for more than you give freely. In this way, we come to resemble what we hate.

要求的比你给予的多是错误的。就这样,我们变得像我们讨厌的东西。

Those who begin by burning books will end by burning people.

那些以焚烧书籍开始的人将以焚烧人告终。