历史的终结将是一个非常悲伤的时刻。为了纯粹的抽象目标而愿意冒生命危险的斗争,全球意识形态斗争所唤起的勇气、想象力、理想主义,将被经济计算、无休止的技术问题解决、环境关注和复杂消费者需求的满足所取代。
The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.
Philosophy ought really to be written only as a form of poetry.
It is a first principle of human action that a man does what he believes will satisfy his desires.
不登上高山,就不知道天是多么高远;不亲临深溪,就不知道地是多么深厚。
编程的艺术就是组织复杂性的艺术。
作家的职责是讲述可怕的真相,而读者的职责是从中学习。