"The best literature challenges us to see the world differently."

A writer is someone who has taught his mind to misbehave.

"History remembers the names, but biography remembers the hearts."

诠释学循环不是一个恶性循环，而是理解的必要条件。

【原文】楚狂接舆歌而过孔子，曰：“凤兮!凤兮!何德之衰?往者不可谏，来者犹可追。己而!已而!今之从政者殆而!”孔子下，欲与之言。趋而避之，不得与之言。【译文】过去的的事已经不可挽回了，将来的事还来得及改正。

安逸是智慧的危害；胆怯是勇敢的仇敌。