Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil and no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.

我们观察到的宇宙恰好具有我们所期望的特性，如果从根本上说，没有设计，没有目的，没有邪恶也没有善良，只有盲目的、无情的冷漠。

The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.

The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.

The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation. During the minute that it takes me to compose this sentence, thousands of animals are being eaten alive, many others are running for their lives, whimpering with fear, others are slowly being devoured from within by rasping parasites, thousands of all kinds are dying of starvation, thirst, and disease.

自然界中每年的痛苦总量超出了所有体面的思考。在我写这句话的一分钟内，成千上万的动物被活生生地吃掉，许多其他动物在逃命，因恐惧而呜咽，其他动物则被寄生虫从内部慢慢吞噬，成千上万的动物因饥饿、口渴和疾病而死亡。

We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born.

The selfish gene theory is not a theory about selfishness in the everyday sense. It is a theory about the evolution of behavior.

自私基因理论并不是关于日常意义上的自私的理论。它是关于行为进化的理论。

We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.

我们是生存机器——盲目编程的机器人车辆，旨在保存被称为基因的自私分子。

The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation.

自然界中每年的痛苦总量超出了所有体面的思考范围。

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

让我们尝试教导慷慨和利他主义，因为我们天生自私。

We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born.

我们会死，这让我们成为幸运者。大多数人永远不会死，因为他们永远不会出生。