Our heroes are human heroes. That's a very new situation. Most other societies have had, right at their center, the worship of something transcendent: a god, a spirit, a natural force, the universe, whatever it is -- something else that is being worshiped. We've slightly lost the habit of doing that, which is, I think, why we're particularly drawn to nature.
我们的英雄是人类，这是一个崭新的情况。历史中大部分的社会重心都是敬拜一位人类以外的灵体，神，自然力、宇宙，总之是人类以外的什么。我们逐渐失去了这种习惯，我想这也是我们越来越被大自然吸引的原因。
每一本书都是一段旅程，而每一段旅程都会改变读者。
The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.
艺术是使我们能够认识真相的谎言。
上天安排我福分浅薄，我就培养高尚道德去迎接它；上天安排我身体劳顿，我就修炼精神安逸去弥补它；上天安排我遭遇艰危，我就努力实现政治理想去沟通它；上天安排我境况困苦，我就力求精神愉快去疏导它。