尔德斯·赫胥黎/AldousHuxley
Ineveryoneofthehigherreligionsthereisastrainofinfiniteoptimismontheonehand, andontheother, , theyallteach, thereisaninnerhigh—butaninnerLightwhichouregotismkeeps, formostofthetime, , however, itsodesires, theegocangetoutoftheway, sotospeak, , thoughallarecalled, fewarechosen—forthesufficientreasonthatfewchoosetobechosen.
Tome, thisolderconceptionofman'snatureanddestinyseemsmorerealistic, morenearlyinaccordwiththegivenfacts, thananyformofmodernutopianism.
IntheLord', ; butIbelievethatitisperfectlypossibleforustoreducethenumberofdangeroustemptationstoalevelfarbelowthatwhichistoleratedatthepresenttime.
Asocietysoarrangedthatthereshallbeaminimumofdangeroustemptations—thisistheendtowardswhich, asacitizen, , ? Ontheleveloftheory, , meanwhile, , asMahatmaGandhiwasnevertiredofinsisting, ; butexceptinregardtogadgets, plumbingandhygiene, theirsuccesshasbeenpatheticallysmall.“Hell,”astheproverbhasit, “ispavedwithgoodintentions.”Andsolongaswegoontryingtorealizeouridealsbybadormerelyinappropriatemeans, .
CanI, asanindividual, doanythingtomakefuturehistoryalittlelesstragicandlessironicthanhistorypastandpresent? , , asapsychophysicalorganism, Icanlearnhowtogetoutoftheway, sothatthedivinesourceofmylifeandconsciousnesscancomeoutofeclipseandshinethroughme.
每种高级宗教的信仰都包含两种对立的存在：一种是无穷的乐观精神，另一种是深刻的悲观主义。它们告诉我们，人类的自负多多少少遮盖了存在于自身的一道光芒，这道光芒就存在于每个人的心灵深处。然而，只要我们愿意做，我们就可以让自负远离自己，或者说，重新让这道光芒闪现出来，并与创造它的神融合为一体，于是传统宗教的乐观主义就产生了。尽管每个人都受到了召唤，然而因为很少有人愿意被选中，所以也就只有很少的一部分人受到青睐，于是悲观主义就产生了。
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