Life is not what one lived, but what one remembers and how one remembers it in order to recount it.
The decay of political institutions is often a result of the inability to adapt to changing circumstances, leading to rigidity and eventual decline.
The art of invention consists in finding out the causes of known effects.
"Sometimes, you have to look back in order to understand the things that lie ahead."
"谁如命运似的催着我向前走呢?""那是我自己,在身背后大跨步走着。"