To be a poet is to have a soul so quick to discern, that no shade of quality escapes it.

The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.

当人们最确信自己并充满傲慢时，通常最容易犯错误，情感主导了他们的判断，没有经过恰当的审慎，而只有审慎才能使他们远离最荒谬的错误。

事实是，世界是这样构建的，如果你想享受它的果实，你就必须服从它的规则。

认为世界上只有一种真理，而自己恰好掌握了它，在我看来这是世界上一切邪恶的最深根源。