The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.

"The dead are not dead until they are forgotten."

在我的职业生涯中，我投丢了超过9000次投篮。我输掉了近300场比赛。26次，我被信任去投制胜球，但投丢了。我在生活中一次又一次地失败。这就是我成功的原因。

文明的分布并非偶然，而是遵循与气候条件密切相关的明确规律。