Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.

事实并不能自证清白。它们支持或者反对不同的理论。而脱离理论或者信念的事实不过是孤立的好奇心而已。

2018年，贝索斯致股东信

Mental processes evolved to solve practical problems.

To overcome the anxieties and depressions of contemporary life, individuals must become independent of the social environment to the degree that they no longer respond exclusively in terms of its rewards and punishments.

我所拥护的文化概念本质上是一个符号学的概念。

到处都有痛苦。