战争是可怕的，但不是最可怕的事情；道德和爱国情感的衰败和堕落，认为没有什么值得战争，更糟糕。
War is an ugly thing， but not the ugliest of things； the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.
Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.
The true genius shudders at incompleteness — and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it ought to be.
预测未来的最好方法就是创造未来。
We are what we think.
艺术家必须是神圣的见证者。
我只是在尽力过好我的生活。
译文：纵欲放荡、消极怠慢就不能勉励心志使精神振作，冒险草率、急躁不安就不能修养性情。赏析：我们要是一直沉迷于物质享受，贪图享乐，做任何事就会消极懈怠。做事草率鲁莽，浮浮躁躁的，事情也会难以成功。
