Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality.

Literature should be judged as literature, not as a social document.

The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to preserve the autonomy and individuality of his existence in the face of overwhelming social forces, of historical heritage, of external culture, and of the technique of life.

革命就像骑自行车，如果不前进就会倒下。

Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth.

荀子强调积累，不迈出小小的半步就走不了千里路，不从小水流开始汇集就成不了大江大海。再好的马只跑一步，也比不上资质不好的马努力地跑。不注重积累，哪怕朽木头也折不断，坚持不懈地做，金石也能镂空。后天的积累能弥补先天的不足，要成功，就得做苦行的功夫！

我们都是相互联系的；在生物学上彼此相连。在化学上与地球相连。在原子层面上与宇宙的其他部分相连。

电影不是生活的一片段，而是一块蛋糕。