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。
如果一个聪明人干了一件蠢事，那就不会是一件小小的蠢事。
埃尔德什差异问题让我着迷，因为它陈述起来如此简单，但含义却如此深刻。
锂离子电池的开发是跨越数十年的团队努力。
森林不仅仅是一种资源，更是我们留给后代的遗产。
Winning medals wasn't the point of the Olympics. It's the participating that counts.
世界历史可以这样总结:强国总行不义。等到他们醒悟了,他们不已经不再强了。
Freedom is not a gift but an achievement that must be won every day.
世界上充满了显而易见却无人注意的事物。
The end of history is not the end of events, but the end of the evolution of human political and social institutions.
