If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what such an existence can give, the higher values of life at once disappear.

  • -- Christopher Dawson 克里斯多夫·道森

如果人把自己局限于一种满足的动物的存在,而只从生活中问这种存在能给予什么,那么更高的生活价值就会立刻消失。

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That satisfied me until I began to figure that if God loved all his children equally, why did he bother about my red hat and let other people lose their fathers and mothers for always?

这使我很满意,直到我开始想,如果上帝对他所有的孩子一视同仁,为什么还要为我的红帽操心,让别人永远失去他们的父母呢?

The doctor who applied a stethoscope to my heart was not satisfied. I was told to get my papers with the clerk in the outer hall. I was medically rejected.

给我的心脏装听诊器的医生不满意。我被告知要和外厅的办事员一起去取我的文件。我被拒绝了。

The magic moment is that in which a 'yes' or a 'no' may change the whole of our existence...

神奇的时刻是,一个“是”或“不是”可能会改变我们的整个存在……

The existence of any evil anywhere at any time absolutely ruins a total optimism.

任何邪恶的存在,无论何时何地,都绝对破坏了一种完全的乐观主义。