我们之所以能够感知事物的变化，是因为单子在无限的变化中保持了稳定的内在本质。
The historian must have a kind of faith that humanity will not and cannot perish.
The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag him down. The rain will erode the deeds of his life. But that man who sets himself the task of singling out the thread of order from the tapestry will by the decision alone have taken charge of the world and it is only by such taking charge that he will effect a way to dictate the terms of his own fate.
"Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary."