I think that, in almost all human beings, there is buried a profound tribal instinct that makes us very susceptible to being aroused to patriotic fervour.

  • -- Adam Hochschild 亚当·霍克希德

我认为,在几乎所有的人身上,都埋藏着一种深刻的部落本能,这种本能使我们很容易被激起爱国热情。

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Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed, to feel with them, one cannot understand.

人类就是这样被制造出来的,那些做这种事的人什么也感觉不到;被压垮的人才能感觉到正在发生的事情。除非你站在被压迫者一边,和他们一起感受,否则你是无法理解的。

Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings.

许多人真的不想成为圣人,而且很有可能,一些达到或渴望成为圣人的人从来没有感受到成为人类的诱惑。

All the learning in the world cannot replace instinct.

世界上所有的学问都不能取代本能。

In art as in love, instinct is enough.

在艺术和爱情中,本能就足够了。