The world is a mosaic of fleeting moments, each one precious in its own right.
民主开始失败,政治生活变得贫乏,当缺乏那些重要的公共领域时,如公共和高等教育,在这些领域中,公民价值观、公共学术和社会参与允许对未来有更富想象力的把握,认真对待正义、公平和公民勇气的需求。
I like the stars. It's the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, they're always flaring up and caving in and going out. But from here, I can pretend...I can pretend that things last. I can pretend that lives last longer than moments. Gods come, and gods go. Mortals flicker and flash and fade. Worlds don't last; and stars and galaxies are transient, fleeting things that twinkle like fireflies and vanish into cold and dust. But I can pretend.
It's all about trying to make sense of the chaos of life.
The desire for recognition, the thymotic part of the soul, is the most fundamentally human part of the human being.