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We have spoken of beings so low in the scale that the individuals throughout their whole existence are not sufficiently specialized to be distinctively plant or animal: yet these are definite life in simpler shape.

  • -- Asa Gray ASA灰色

我们曾说过，生命的规模是如此之小，以致于个体在其整个存在过程中还没有足够的专门化到足以成为独特的植物或动物;然而，这些都是更简单形式的确定的生命。

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If you have the insight of non-self, if you have the insight of impermanence, you should make that insight into a concentration that you keep alive throughout the day. Then what you say, what you think, and what you do will then be in the light of that wisdom and you will avoid making mistakes and creating suffering.

如果你有非我的洞见，如果你有无常的洞见，你应该让洞见成为你每天都保持活力的专注。然后你说什么，你想什么，你做什么，然后你将在智慧的光芒下，你将避免犯错误和制造痛苦。

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The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.

火焰喷射器的存在证明了，在某个时候，某个地方，有人对自己说，你知道，我想把那些人点燃，但我离完成任务还不够近。

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I'm sort of an old man, always tinkering in the backyard. Since I grew up playing outdoors, I still like to plant things, sit out on the deck, or go hiking.

我有点老了，总是在后院修修补补。自从我在户外玩耍长大后，我仍然喜欢种植植物，坐在甲板上，或者去远足。

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The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.

人类存在的基本事实不是悲剧，而是无聊。与其说这是一场战争，不如说这是一场无休止的排队等待。

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The truths that are found in the Bible are universal truths. And it shapes who you are and guides you throughout your life.

圣经中的真理是普遍的真理。它塑造你是谁，在你的一生中引导你。

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It is much simpler to buy books than to read them and easier to read them than to absorb their contents.

买书比读书简单得多，读书比吸收书中的内容容易得多。

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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.

当老人种下他们知道自己永远不会坐在树荫下的树时，一个社会就会变得伟大。

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