一个人做了好事应当忘记，不要念念不忘，更不要希冀别人回报。

抽象的目的不是模糊，而是创建一个新的语义层次，在这个层次上可以绝对精确。

我认为我一生中从未感到无聊。总有事情可以思考。

生活事关紧要，怎能不细谈。

You can't wait for others to arrange your life; what you want, you must strive for yourself.

So why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.

历史研究不仅关乎过去，也关乎理解现在和塑造未来。

我们内心都有意想不到的潜力，当生活考验我们时才会显现。