We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but also because we have not yet eaten of the Tree of Life. The state in which we are is sinful, irrespective of guilt.

  • -- Franz Kafka 卡夫卡

我们犯罪,不但因为吃了知识树的果子,也因为还没有吃生命树的果子。我们所处的状态是有罪的,不管我们是否有罪。

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A culture in which guilt is automatically assumed to be neurotic and unhealthy has devised a remarkably clever way of protecting its self-interest.

在一种文化中,内疚会自动被认为是神经质和不健康的,而这种文化设计了一种非常聪明的方式来保护自己的利益。

Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.

恐惧是良心对罪恶所付的税。