"Theologians talk about a prevenient grace that precedes grace itself and allows us to accept it. I think there must also be a prevenient courage that allows us to be brave - that is, to acknowledge that there is more beauty than our eyes can bear, that precious things have been put into our hands and to do nothing to honor them is to do great harm."
神学家谈论一种先于恩典本身并使我们能够接受它的预防恩典。我认为还必须有一种预防勇气,使我们能够勇敢——也就是说,承认有比我们的眼睛所能承受的更多的美,珍贵的东西已经放在我们手中,而不做任何事情来尊重它们就是造成巨大的伤害。
The end of government is the good of mankind.
So that morning in 1962 I told myself: Let everyone else call your idea crazy . . . just keep going. Don’t stop. Don’t even think about stopping until you get there, and don’t give much thought to where “there” is. Whatever comes, just don’t stop.
I'm not afraid to take an unpopular stand.
认为对自由的信念总会导致胜利是错误的。我们必须时刻做好失败的准备。如果我们选择自由,那么我们必须准备同它一起消亡。
The study of L-functions is a window into the hidden structure of numbers.