Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry and even whittle statues. The story of civilization is the story of what happened on the banks.

Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases, think for yourself.

The life of a writer is absolutely solitary. He has to be alone to do his work.

宇宙不仅比我们想象的更奇怪，而且比我们能想象的还要奇怪。

子夏说：“广泛学习并且不停地朝着目标前进，认真地提出问题并且联系实际去思考，仁就在其中了。”