The past is not a fixed point but a fluid memory that shifts with each retelling.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them.

我不是一个单一维度的人。

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires， rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

启蒙的概念与解放的概念紧密相连。

The power is in the balance: we are our injuries, as much as we are our successes.

孤独是思考的起点。

战略是关于做出选择和权衡；是关于刻意选择与众不同。

"The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page."

翻译：强调保持平常心的重要性，以及理解地理气性对于认识器物本质的意义。

历史的地理枢纽是世界上最有可能是权力所在地的区域。