The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

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。

The fact remains that getting people right is not what living is all about anyway. It’s getting them wrong that is living, getting them wrong and wrong and wrong and then, on careful reconsideration, getting them wrong again.

Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.

然后我有了信仰，然后我有了想象，我被他们对嘲笑的沉迷所感染，然后我看见刚果河从黑土地上蜿蜒流过，在森林中划下一道金色的沟壑。

A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.

I'm not a monster, I'm just ahead of the curve.