The historian is both detective and storyteller.

释义：内心纷杂不净，难以领悟真理；意志不坚定，难以成就功业。

"I'm a perfectionist, I admit it. I'm always trying to improve."

A novel is a long answer to a question you can’t quite formulate.

积聚的水如果不深，就无力浮起大船。倒一杯水在堂前的凹地，芥草浮在上面就是小船了，放一只水杯在上面就动不了了，是因为水浅而船大。聚集的风如果不大，就无力载负巨大的双翼，因而大鹏扶摇而上九万里，疾风在下面劲吹，然后才能凭借风力，背负蓝天而无可阻挡，才能够一路南飞。

The best way to predict the future is to design it.

To feed the world, we must first understand it.

The truth is a matter of the imagination.

Courage is the primary quality of justice.