禁欲主义原则从来没有被任何生物一贯坚持过，也永远不会被如此坚持。
The principle of asceticism never was， nor ever can be， consistently pursued by any living creature.
The closer you are to death, the more alive you feel. It's a wonderful way to live. It's the only way to live.
言语是我唯一的家园。
我们都被自己过去的幽灵所困扰，有时也被别人的幽灵所困扰。
I'm drawn to a lovely quote by St. Augustine in "The City of God," where he says, "It's a sin to judge any man by his post." In modern English that would mean it's a sinto come to any view of who you should talk to, dependent on their business card. It's not the post that should count. According to St. Augustine, only God can really put everybody in their place; he's going to do that on the Day of Judgment, with angels and trumpets, and the skies will open. Insane idea, if you're a secularist person, like me. But something very valuable in that idea, nevertheless.
