To be conservative, then, is to prefer the familiar to the unknown, to prefer the tried to the untried, fact to mystery, the actual to the possible, the limited to the unbounded, the near to the distant, the sufficient to the superabundant, the convenient to the perfect, present laughter to utopian bliss.
保守主义就是偏爱熟悉而非陌生,偏爱经过尝试而非未经尝试,偏爱事实而非神秘,偏爱实际而非可能,偏爱有限而非无限,偏爱近处而非远方,偏爱足够而非过剩,偏爱便利而非完美,偏爱当下的欢笑而非乌托邦的幸福。
Innovation is what will bridge the gap between traditional energy and the future.
The artist’s hand must be guided by the unconscious.
All mankind is in a perpetual and restless desire for power after power that ceaseth only in death.
有人居住的世界的界限是由人类知识的范围决定的。
The best fertilizer for any piece of land is the footprints of its owner.
The system produces needs faster than it can satisfy them, and thus it perpetuates itself.