There's an ancient tension between wanting to savor the world as it is and wanting to improve on the world as given.

There's an ancient tension between wanting to savor the world as it is and wanting to improve on the world as given.

想要品味这个世界的本来面目和想要改善这个世界的现状之间存在着一种由来已久的紧张关系。

-- Leon Richard Kass 利昂·理查德·卡斯