"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

The historian is a prophet in reverse.

处于逆境，思想要开拓放达，奋发图强；处于顺境，思想要警觉收敛，约束自身。

天有多高，地有多厚，通过实践才能得知。荀子强调实际行动，而非“坐而论道”。在自强不息的行动中，才能获得真知，发掘自己未知的潜能。

The past is never dead. It's not even past.