With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how.
"The price of power is always high, but the price of powerlessness is higher."
凡是大国之所以不攻打小国的,必定是由于这个小国粮食充足,城郭修筑坚固,上下和谐一心。
数学的真正力量在于它简化复杂事物的能力,使不可理解的事物变得可理解。
【译文】 孔子说:“见到贤人,要向他看齐;见到不贤,要反省自己。”
一个人的性格就是他的命运。