History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation.
要摧毁一种文化,你不必烧书。只要让人们停止阅读它们。
"You have to believe in yourself when no one else does—that makes you a winner right there."
The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.
Every poem is a momentary stay against the confusion of the world.
We have a responsibility, every one of us. We may think we live a long way from the oceans, but we don't. What we actually do here, has a direct effect on the oceans—and what the oceans do then reflects back on us.
To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.