The desert could not be claimed or owned–it was a piece of cloth carried by winds, never held down by stones, and given a hundred shifting names.
沙漠不能被声称或拥有——它是一块由风携带的布,从未被石头固定,被赋予了一百个变化的名字。
志士仁人所器重景仰的,是名声、功业、道德、情操;凡夫俗子所追求炫耀的,是服装、饰物、住宅、生活。
It is hard to read a newspaper or watch a television newscast without encountering someone who has come up with a new 'solution' to society's 'problems.'
你不掌管整个宇宙,但你得掌管你自己。
真相或许会让你自由,但它首先会击垮你。
一本书是脆弱的生物,它承受时间的磨损,害怕啮齿动物、自然元素和笨拙的手。因此,图书管理员不仅要保护书籍免受人类的伤害,还要保护它们免受自然的侵害,并将一生奉献给与遗忘力量的斗争。
每个人自己的满足是他关注的一切的中心。
"Writing is a way of discovering what you didn’t know you knew."