Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.

  • -- Geoffrey Chaucer 杰弗里乔叟

禁止我们的事,就是我们所求的事。

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Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength.

如果不加控制,对神的饥渴就会成为一个障碍,切断灵魂与它所渴望的东西的联系。如果一个人想在这条神秘的道路上走得更远,他必须学会强烈地渴望上帝,但要保持安静,被动地,但要全心全意、全心全意、全力以赴。

I think it's horrible that people have to be told. Don't smoke! Everybody knows it's bad for the health. But they have to forbid it.

我认为这是可怕的,人们必须被告知。不要吸烟!每个人都知道它对健康有害。但他们不得不禁止。

The desire for security must be balanced with our regard for liberty.

对安全的渴望必须与我们对自由的尊重相平衡。