Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.
人们变得文明,不在于他们愿意相信的程度,而在于他们愿意怀疑的程度。
读一本好书,就是和许多高尚的人谈话。
A 'performative' utterance is not true or false, but happy or unhappy.
破坏其土壤的国家就是自取灭亡。
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.