Our ideas of what we believe to be， are not of what they are， but only of what they seem to be.

摆脱诱惑的唯一方法就是屈服于它。

Society can and does execute its own mandates， and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right， or any mandates at all in things with which it ought not to meddle， it practices a social tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression， since， though not usually upheld by such extreme penalties， it leaves fewer means of escape， penetrating much more deeply into the details of life， and enslaving the soul itself.

If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself， you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of.

朗兰兹纲领是离散和连续之间的桥梁。