The general struggle for existence of animate beings is not a struggle for raw materials—these are for organisms in ample supply—nor for energy which exists in plenty in any body in the form of heat, but a struggle for entropy, which becomes available through the transition of energy from the hot sun to the cold earth.
生物普遍存在的生存斗争不是为了原材料——这些对生物来说是充足的——也不是为了能量,能量以热的形式在任何物体中都大量存在,而是为了熵,熵是通过能量从炽热的太阳转移到寒冷的地球而变得可用的。
作家是一个被困在一个人体内的世界。
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
The soil is not just dirt—it's the foundation of civilization.
Knowledge is the food of the soul.
质量不是一个部门,而是一种生活方式。