我们生来就带着某种包袱。我们就是我们：我们出生的地方，我们出生的身份，我们被抚养的方式。我们有点被困在那个人的身体里，而文明和成长的目的就是能够伸出手去，对其他人的感受有一点点的同情。
We are all born with a certain package. We are who we are: where we were born, who we were born as, how we were raised. We're kind of stuck inside that person, and the purpose of civilization and growth is to be able to reach out and empathize a little bit with other people.
The best literature is that which challenges us, which makes us think, which forces us to confront the uncomfortable truths of our existence.
没有听到的不如听到的，听到的不如见到的，见到的不如了解到的，了解到的不如去实行，学问到了实行就达到了极点。
我们站在巨人的肩膀上，他们首先将地球想象为一个动态系统。