The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.

  • -- Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大卫·梭罗

石头上最优秀的工人不是铜或钢工具,而是在闲暇时用充裕的时间工作的空气和水的温柔接触。

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I do get angry some time, but if I let that feeling take over it would only cloud my thinking and disable me from making the right decision when it counts the most. I just try to think about my mother, children, God, and of course my freedom.

有时候我确实会生气,但如果我让这种感觉占据了上风,它只会让我的思维变得模糊,让我在最重要的时候无法做出正确的决定。我只想着我的母亲、孩子、上帝,当然还有我的自由。

First of all, the most important, that is to learn everything good that has survived from other times, and carefully to watch the bad - and throw it out.

首先,最重要的是,要学会从其他时代中幸存下来的所有好东西,并仔细观察坏东西——然后扔掉。