我们必须接受事物的本来面目，但我们应该努力使它们按照我们希望的方式到来。

The present state of the system of nature is evidently a resultant of what it was in the preceding moment, and if we conceive of an intelligence which at a given instant comprehends all the relations of the entities of this universe, it could state the respective positions, motions, and general effects of all these entities at any time in the past or future.

I think the most important thing is to be true to yourself.

选择比天赋更重要 今天我想对你们说的是，天赋和选择不同。聪明是一种天赋，而善良是一种选择。天赋得来很容易——毕竟它们与生俱来。而选择则颇为不易。如果一不小心，你可能被天赋所诱惑，这可能会损害到你做出的选择。

消灭一个民族的第一步是抹去它的记忆。摧毁它的书籍、文化和历史。

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.