基础结构决定论原则认为，社会文化系统的结构受人口、技术和环境相互作用的影响最为强烈。

真正有价值的是直觉。在探索的道路上智力无甚用处。

我们今天关于海洋资源的每一个决定都会产生涟漪，影响子孙后代。

Love is space and time measured by the heart.

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.

I'm not a perfect person, I never claimed to be. But I'm trying every day to be better than I was yesterday.

"The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend to remember."

我们必须平衡短期利润与长期可持续性。

God is ashamed when the prosperous boasts of his special favour.

小说是一种永远处于危机中、濒临消失边缘的艺术形式，而这正是它保持生命力的原因。