Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity， and sets us at noting and contriving.
冲突是思想的牛蝇。它激发我们观察和记忆。它激励创新。它将我们从羊群般的被动性中惊醒，并让我们留心观察和设计。
“名声”如同是蒸气，“声望”如同是意外，在地球上唯一可以确定的事情是被遗忘掉。
Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever.
The desire for recognition, the thymotic part of the soul, is the most fundamentally human part of the human personality.
The future of agriculture depends on our ability to adapt and collaborate across borders.