引导人们走向艺术和科学的最强烈动机之一，是逃离日常琐碎生活及其痛苦的粗鲁和绝望的沉闷，就像这些人将宇宙及其构建置于他们情感生活的枢纽中，以寻找他们在个人生活的狭窄漩涡中找不到的和平和安全。
One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science， is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness， such men make this cosmos and its construction in the pivot of their emotional life， in ordered to find the peace and the security， which they cannot find in the narrow whirlpool of personal experience.
人的欲望和其他激情，本质上是受到他自己控制的；他真正的困难在于，要知道何时需要加以控制，何时不需要。
"Literature is the mirror that reflects the deepest desires and fears of humanity."
The best leaders are those who create more leaders, not more followers.