"In the end, all we have are the stories we tell ourselves."

反对民煮最好的论据就是与一个普通选民五分钟的谈话.

真正的道路是沿着一条不是高悬在空中而是略高于地面的绳索。它似乎更多是为了让人绊倒而不是让人行走。

The course of history is shaped by the will of individuals.

【原文】司马牛忧曰：“人皆有兄弟，我独亡。”子夏曰：“商闻之矣：‘死生有命，富贵在天’。君子敬而无失，与人恭而有礼。四海之内，皆兄弟也。君子何患乎无兄弟也?”【译文】司马牛忧伤地说：“别人都有兄弟，唯独我没有。”子夏说：“我听说过：‘死生命中注定，富贵由天安排。’君子(只要)敬业而不犯错误，对人恭敬而有礼貌。四海之内都是兄弟呀。君子担心什么没有兄弟呢?”

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.