Power resides where men believe it resides. It's a trick, a shadow on the wall. 

作家应该是一个社会的良心，通过作品反映社会的真实面貌。

As to the gods, I do not know whether they exist or not, nor what they are like in form; for there are many things that hinder sure knowledge, the obscurity of the matter and the shortness of human life.

Each monad is a center that infinitely reflects the surrounding universe.

幸福就是能够不带恐惧地认识自己。

拙工抄，巧匠盗。