倘若我们能敏锐地洞察并感知平凡人生的全部,那将如同听见青草生长与松鼠心跳,而沉默背后的轰鸣会让我们窒息而亡。
If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence.
The end of history is not the end of events, but the end of the evolution of human political and social institutions.
I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.
我们做出的选择定义了我们是怎样的人,而不是我们所面对的环境。
你如果出色地完成了某件事,那你应该再做一些其他的精彩事儿。不要在前一件事上徘徊太久,想想接下来该做什么。
对待好建议的唯一方法就是传递它。它对自己从来没有任何用处。
在一个普遍欺骗的时代,说出真相是一种革命行为。
我们写作是为了记住,但也是为了忘记。
埋在地下的树根使树枝产生果实,却并不要求什么报酬。