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.
自然界中每年的痛苦總量超出了所有體面的思考。在我寫這句話的一分鐘內(nèi),成千上萬的動物被活生生地吃掉,許多其他動物在逃命,因恐懼而嗚咽,其他動物則被寄生蟲從內(nèi)部慢慢吞噬,成千上萬的動物因饑餓、口渴和疾病而死亡。
The most hateful torment for men is to have knowledge of everything but power over nothing.
"Every film is a journey, and every journey teaches you something."
在研究自然時,想象力必須受到邏輯和實驗的嚴(yán)格規(guī)則指導(dǎo)。
質(zhì)量不是一個部門,而是一種生活方式。
我們越是了解動物的真實本性,就越意識到我們與它們有多少共同之處。
The best furniture tells a story without saying a word.