【译文】近水的楼台最先看到水中的月亮，向阳的花木光照好，发芽就早。古代的人看不见今天的月亮，而今天的月亮却曾经照耀过古代的人。抢先一步就能当上君王，后到一步只能称作臣子。别以为你走得早，还有比你走得更早的人。

To write is to confront the ghosts of the past and the uncertainties of the future.

The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.

"We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further."