The way to learn about the mind is to reverse-engineer it: to figure out what natural selection designed it to accomplish.

Every song has a life of its own.

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

The artist's role is to question, not to answer.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

永远不要停止学习，因为生活永远不会停止教导。

Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them.

中国哲学的研究既需要历史的敏感，也需要哲学的严谨。