人们在做事时绝不能够拖拉，不能够反复多变，不能够斤斤计较；可是替别人做事时，却特别需要耐得住拖延耽搁，耐得住反复多变，耐得住琐碎烦乱。

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

The dead are the most persistent historians.

The sociological imagination enables its possessor to understand the larger historical scene in terms of its meaning for the inner life and the external career of a variety of individuals.

The end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

在文学中，我们找到了自己存在的真相。