I quite agree with them that it is not an ennobling experience. Poverty entails fear, and stress, and sometimes depression; it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts, that is indeed something on which to pride yourself, but poverty itself is romanticised only by fools.
贫穷并不是一种高贵的经历,它带来恐惧、压力、有时还有绝望,它意味着许许多多的羞辱和艰辛。靠自己的努力摆脱贫穷,确实可以引以自豪,但贫穷本身只有对傻瓜而言才是浪漫的。
海洋的潜力是无限的,但我们利用它的智慧却是有限的。
You have to be willing to take risks, because the biggest risk is not taking any.
If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.
科学更多的是一种思维方式,而不是一堆知识。
The ethical lines we draw today will shape the science of tomorrow.