The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.

对习俗和法律的遵从很容易成为对谎言的掩饰，这种掩饰极为巧妙，令人无法察觉。它可以使我们逃避所有的批评，它甚至能够使我们欺骗自己，令我们相信自己是 显然正当的。但是无论他的正当性得到多少公众舆论或道德准则的支持，在内心深处、在普通人的意识层次之下，他仍听到一个低低的声音：“哪儿有点不正常”。

The more you learn, the more you know. The more you know, the more you forget. The more you forget, the less you know. So why bother to learn?

I have the hunger to keep winning.

诗歌的美在于其将平凡转化为非凡的能力。

The future of food security lies beneath the waves, if we're wise enough to cultivate it properly.

他得学着面对自己的恐惧，他不可能永远都是三岁，更何况凛冬将至。