叶公问子路:孔子是怎样的人,子路不回答。孔子说:“你怎么不说:他这个人啊,发愤学习就忘记吃饭,高兴起来就忘记了忧愁,不知道快要变老了等等?”
世界上充满了显而易见的事情,却没有人注意到。
Language is the writer's only tool, and yet it's never enough.
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.
That I exist is a pertetual surprise which is life.