The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.

The process of perception is not a simple matter of recording sensory data but involves the active organization of that data into meaningful patterns.

我写作是为了记住，为了保持那些否则会失去的东西。

译文：感叹白发，观察世间的道路。人们无不追求荣华，看重富贵而轻视贫贱。显赫的宫门，华丽的宫殿。年轻时入仕，幼年时就献上谋略。

我喜欢快乐，我喜欢玩乐。我喜欢和积极快乐的人在一起。

自由之树需要经常用爱国者和暴君的鲜血来浇灌。

我们希望能释放（内心的）怪兽，让它们和世界打交道。