Money is concerned only with what is common to all: it asks for the exchange value, it reduces all quality and individuality to the question: How much?

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.

我不是来让每个人都喜欢我的。我是来做我自己的。

If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.

Mathematics is not just a collection of abstract concepts, but a language that allows us to understand the universe.

虚构作品中的专名并不存在特殊问题。