历史研究不仅关乎过去，也关乎理解现在和塑造未来。

What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.

The historian must be a poet and a philosopher.

释义：杜绝不良嗜好，禁止过度欲望，从而摆脱牵累；抑制错误行为，减少邪恶之事，从而消除过错；减少饮酒，远离美色，从而保持自身清白。这是对修身养性、克制欲望的教导。 

The art of programming is the art of organizing complexity.

Data-driven fisheries management is the lighthouse guiding us through stormy seas.

I've always been drawn to characters who are complex and flawed.