The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that... no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.
The mathematician's patterns, like the painter's or the poet's, must be beautiful; the ideas, like the colors or the words, must fit together in a harmonious way.
世界是一面镜子,它向你展示你带给它的东西。
你一生中最起码要做的事情是弄清楚你所希望的。而你能做的最多的事情就是活在那个希望之中。不是远远地欣赏它,而是直接生活在它的庇护之下。
我不随波逐流,我引领潮流。
革命者可以失去一切:家庭、自由,甚至生命。但不能失去道德。
【译文】 颜渊感叹地说:“老师的学问越仰望越觉得高耸,越钻研越觉得深厚;看着就在前面,忽然却在后面。老师步步引导,用知识丰富我,用礼法约束我,想不学都不成。