诗歌也许教会我们培育迷人的幻想:如何一遍又一遍地从自我中重生,并用语言构建一个更美好的世界,一个虚构的世界,使我们能够与生活签订一份永久而全面的和平协议。
这个世界惟有两样东西让我们的心灵感到深深的震撼,一是我们头顶上灿烂的星空,一是我们内心崇高的道德法则。
The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.