In a country of such recent civilization as ours, whose almost limitless treasures of material wealth invite the risks of capital and the industry of labor, it is but natural that material interests should absorb the attention of the people to a degree elsewhere unknown.

  • -- Felix Adler 费利克斯·阿德勒

在我们这样一个文明近现代的国家,几乎无穷无尽的物质财富财富带来了资本和劳动产业的风险,物质利益在某种程度上吸引了人们的注意力,这是很自然的,但在其他地方却不为人知。

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I think maybe since there isn't a great deal of access to the mainstream media and people don't understand the language of mainstream media, if you put music out there with lyrics that are loosely political, people absorb some of it and spit it back out.

我想可能是因为主流媒体没有太多的渠道,人们也不理解主流媒体的语言,如果你把带有松散政治歌词的音乐放在那里,人们会吸收其中的一些,然后再把它吐出来。

Civilization grew in the beginning from the minute that we had communication -- particularly communication by sea that enabled people to get inspiration and ideas from each other and to exchange basic raw materials.

从我们有了交流的那一刻起,文明就开始发展了——尤其是海上的交流,使人们能够从彼此身上获得灵感和想法,并交换基本的原材料。

Thought is a key to all treasures; the miser's gains are ours without his cares. Thus I have soared above this world, where my enjoyment have been intellectual joys.

思想是开启一切财富的钥匙;吝啬鬼的所得是我们的,不用他操心。这样,我就飞越了这个世界,在这个世界上,我的快乐就是精神上的快乐。

Civilization is nothing else than the attempt to reduce force to being the last resort.

文明无非是企图把武力减少到最后的手段。

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

财富不在于拥有财富,而在于使用财富。

Cities are, first of all, seats of the highest economic division of labor.

首先,城市是最高经济分工的所在地。

I tend to absorb a lot of what other people are feeling.

我倾向于吸收很多别人的感受。

Exercise is labor without weariness.

运动是没有疲劳的劳动。