It is a mortifying truth, and ought to teach the wisest of us humility, that many of the most valuable discoveries have been the result of chance rather than of contemplation, and of accident rather than of design.

  • -- Charles Caleb Colton 英国作家科尔顿

这是一个令人痛心的事实,也应该让我们当中最聪明的人懂得谦卑:许多最有价值的发现,都是偶然的结果,而不是深思熟虑的结果,都是偶然的结果,而不是精心设计的结果。

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I had my moments for sure but I wasn't confrontational. And sometimes you get on the court and you'd find yourself very confrontational. It was all a discovery.

我确实有过这样的时刻,但我没有对抗性。有时候你在球场上,你会发现自己很有对抗性。这完全是一个发现。

Man was designed in a way in which he must eat in order to give him a solid reason to go to work everyday. This helps to keep him out of trouble. God is wise.

人被设计成必须吃东西的样子,这样才能给他每天上班提供一个坚实的理由。这有助于使他远离麻烦。上帝是明智的。

I write the way you might arrange flowers. Not every try works, but each one launches another. Every constraint, even dullness, frees up a new design.

我写的方式,你可能安排鲜花。并不是每一次尝试都能成功,但每一次尝试都会引发另一次尝试。每一个约束,甚至是单调,都会释放出一个新的设计。