世界确实充满了危险,其中有许多黑暗的地方;但仍然有许多美好的事物,尽管在所有土地上,爱现在与悲伤交织在一起,但它可能因此而变得更伟大。
"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater."
No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.
We must listen to both scientists and fishermen to find balanced solutions.
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
The best ideas come from frustration. The worst thing is when everything is perfect.
"Books are the windows to other realities."