【原文】楚狂接舆歌而过孔子，曰：“凤兮!凤兮!何德之衰?往者不可谏，来者犹可追。己而!已而!今之从政者殆而!”孔子下，欲与之言。趋而避之，不得与之言。【译文】过去的的事已经不可挽回了，将来的事还来得及改正。

Letters are the biographer's gold mine; they reveal what official records conceal.

平静：不要被琐事、普通或者不可避免的事所扰。

To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

克服你必须常规的观念。它会剥夺你成为非凡的机会。