The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions.A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.

你读得越多，你就会发现同样的故事一遍又一遍地被讲述，只是角色和背景不同。

"Literature is the mirror of society, reflecting its beauty and its ugliness, its hopes and its fears."

文学是社会的镜子，反映了它的美德和缺陷。

创造真正繁荣的唯一途径是给予人们创新和创造价值的自由。

No one likes being alone. We just don't want to make friends reluctantly. If we did that, we'd probably just be disappointed.

心要安放在身体里（指心要专注内守）。

哲学家的工作在于为特定目的汇集提醒。