We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are in true spiritual darkness, we do not even know that we have fallen.

  • -- Thomas Merton 托马斯·默顿

即使在我们最开明的时候,我们也会不断地跌倒。但我们在属灵的黑暗里,甚至不知道自己跌倒了。

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From the point of view of the playwright, then, the essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of his hero.

因此,从剧作家的角度来看,悲剧的本质,甚至是严肃戏剧的本质,都是主人公的精神觉醒或再生。

Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness.

科学什么也解释不了;我们知道的越多,世界就变得越奇妙,周围的黑暗也就变得越深邃。

Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests.

大自然保留着把最可怕的笑话强加给她的孩子的权利。

The past has gone. The future is waiting. Its the here and now that matters most.

过去的已经过去了。未来在等着我们。此时此地才是最重要的。

Creativity - like human life itself - begins in darkness.

创造力——就像人类的生命一样——始于黑暗。

To understand is to forgive, even oneself.

理解就是原谅,甚至原谅自己。