Simple things should be simple, complex things should be possible.

La poesía es el lenguaje del alma, la voz de lo invisible.

I'm drawn to a lovely quote by St. Augustine in "The City of God," where he says, "It's a sin to judge any man by his post." In modern English that would mean it's a sinto come to any view of who you should talk to, dependent on their business card. It's not the post that should count. According to St. Augustine, only God can really put everybody in their place; he's going to do that on the Day of Judgment, with angels and trumpets, and the skies will open. Insane idea, if you're a secularist person, like me. But something very valuable in that idea, nevertheless.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.

Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die.

The sociological imagination is the most fruitful form of self-consciousness.

Innovation requires both courage and perseverance.

我们可以以三种主要方式讨论一个事件：通过描述它，通过叙述其历史，通过讲述关于它的故事。