"The best stories are the ones that make you feel less alone."
Confucious said that real knowledge is knowing the extent of one's ignorance.Aristotle and Socrates said the same thing.Is it a skill that can be taught or learned? It probably can, if you have enough of a stake riding on the outcome...
The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.
我因展望未来而感受到的喜悦——成为注定从世界上消除最大灾难之一的工具，与享受独立、家庭和平与幸福的殷切希望交织在一起，常常占据了我的整个心灵。
Life is not a problem to be solved but a phenomenon to be experienced.