炼精化气，炼气化神，炼神还虚。
修炼内丹的三个阶段：将精转化为气，将气转化为神，最终将神归于虚无。
采矿技术的创新将是该行业在下个世纪保持活力的关键。
哲学的功能是在作为阶级斗争理论武器的科学观念与代表阶级敌人的意识形态观念之间划清界限。
最激进的艺术往往是那些提出最简单问题的艺术。
We are all made of stories, and those stories are constantly being rewritten.
我不是事实，我是虚构。
解释：处在有利的地位上想到道义，处在困难之中想到保持纯正。
The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.