The measure of a civilization is how it treats its writers.
衡量一个文明的标准是它如何对待其作家。
真理可能被压制,但不会被消灭。
Tragic art, as it developed in the theaters of ancient Greece, in the fifth century B.C., was essentially an art form devoted to tracing how people fail, and also according them a level of sympathy, which ordinary life would not necessarily accord them. A few years ago, I was thinking about this, and I went to "The Sunday Sport," a tabloid newspaper I don't recommend you start reading if you're not familiar with it already.
Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance, but laying hold of His willingness.
凡是圣人制造的这些东西,无一不是有益于实用才去做的,所以使用财物不浪费,民众能够不劳苦,他兴起的利益太多了。
The source of all suffering is attachment.
The only real prison is the one inside your head.