Civilisations have been destroyed many times, and this civilisation is no different. It can be destroyed. We can think of time in terms of millions of years and life will resume little by little. The cosmos operates for us very urgently, but geological time is different.

  • -- Thich Nhat Hanh 一行禅师

文明已经被摧毁了很多次,这个文明也不例外。它可以被摧毁。我们可以把时间想象成几百万年,生活就会一点一点地恢复。宇宙对我们的作用非常迫切,但地质时间是不同的。

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Just carrying a ruler with you in your pocket should be forbidden, at least on a moral basis. The ruler is the symbol of the new illiteracy. The ruler is the symptom of the new disease, disintegration of our civilisation.

仅仅携带一把尺子在口袋里就应该被禁止,至少在道德上是这样的。统治者是新文盲的象征。统治者是一种新疾病的症状,我们的文明正在瓦解。

Through the wholesale destruction of the representatives of a class that from the beginning of history had been the directing and creative force in civilization, a process began which was almost mechanical.

一个从历史一开始就是文明的指导和创造力量的阶级的代表遭到大规模的破坏,从而开始了一个几乎是机械的进程。

Sure I destroyed my guitar at every concert, but it was okay, because I'd always get a shiny new one the very next day.

当然,每次音乐会我都把吉他弄坏了,但没关系,因为第二天我总会得到一把崭新的。

The words are ludicrous at times, but you add the reality to it and that gives it the balance it has.

这些话有时是可笑的,但你加上了现实,这就给它带来了平衡。

I'm easily destroyed and I operate on emotional levels.

我很容易被摧毁,我在感情上很脆弱。

Music is such a problem in the time it takes.

音乐就是这样一个时间问题。