The novel is a mirror that reflects the world, but it is also a window that opens onto new possibilities.
It's not always necessary to be better than everyone else, but to be better than you used to be.
The very shaping of history now outpaces the ability of men to orient themselves in accordance with cherished values. And which values? Even when they do not panic, men often sense that older ways of feeling and thinking have collapsed and that newer beginnings are ambiguous to the point of moral stasis.
I don't compete with anyone but myself. My goal is to be better than I was yesterday.
平凡与非凡的区别在于那一点额外的努力。
最具可持续性的矿山是那些超越开采思维的矿山。