"Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared."

Teaching is the most glorious profession under the sun.

一个民族的文化是一组文本的集合，而这些文本本身也是集合，人类学家努力从这些文本的真正拥有者的肩膀上方去阅读它们。

世界可能很刻薄，但人们不必如此。

掷骰子永远无法消除偶然。

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the pursuit of something greater.