Relativism is neither a method of fighting, nor a method of creating, for both of these are uncompromising and at times even ruthless; rather, it is a method of cognition.

  • -- Karel Capek 卡雷尔·卡佩克

相对主义既不是一种斗争的方法,也不是一种创造的方法,因为两者都是不妥协的,有时甚至是无情的;相反,它是一种认知方法。

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Nature is regulating our climate for free. Mother Nature, she's been doing that for free, for a long, long time. Now do you really want to get in there and do geo-engineering and all this kind of stuff?

大自然正在免费调节我们的气候。大自然母亲,她一直在免费做这件事,很久很久了。现在你真的想进去做地球工程之类的事情吗?

Who knows the minds of men and how they reason and what their methodology is? But I am not going to extrapolate from the General Conference backing out on my book and make it a personal issue.

谁知道人类的思想,他们如何推理,他们的方法论是什么?但我不打算从大会上收回我的书并把它作为一个个人问题来推断。

Cognition is not fighting, but once someone knows a lot, he will have much to fight for, so much that he will be called a relativist because of it.

认知不是斗争,但一旦一个人知道很多,他就会有很多东西要为之奋斗,他会因此被称为相对主义者。

The method of political science is the interpretation of life; its instrument is insight, a nice understanding of subtle, unformulated conditions.

政治学的方法是对生命的阐释;它的工具是洞察力,一种对微妙的、未表述的条件的良好理解。

New England is the home of all that is good and noble with all her sternness and uncompromising opinions.

新英格兰是所有善良和高尚的人的家园,有着她所有的严厉和毫不妥协的观点。

I will be ruthless in cutting out waste, streamlining structures and improving efficiency.

我将毫不留情地减少浪费,精简结构,提高效率。

This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it.

这是一个无情的世界,我们必须无情地对待它。

I have been fighting over commas all my life.

我一生都在为逗号而奋斗。

We just kept hanging in and fighting.

我们只是坚持和战斗。

The time to hesitate is through.

犹豫的时间已经过去了。