The function of mental processes is to mediate between the needs of the organism and the demands of the environment.

现实是一个视角问题；你离过去越远，它看起来就越具体和可信——但当你接近现在时，它不可避免地显得越来越不可思议。

一个常见的经验是，一个晚上难以解决的问题在睡眠委员会工作后，在早上得到了解决。

A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

如果没有目标，分析就是漫无目的、一文不值的。

The challenge is to express the most with the least.

所有儿童都应被善意地欺骗，认为成长的过程没有伤痛。