The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.
成为英雄的最大障碍是怀疑自己是否会证明自己是个傻瓜；真正的英雄主义是抵制这种怀疑；最深刻的智慧是知道何时应该抵制，何时应该服从。
世界是一个伟大的轮子，我们是其中的辐条。
Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
Memory is like the sea, throwing onto the shore what it wants to hide in the depths.
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
志村簇的研究证明了几何直觉的力量。
The desire for recognition, the thymotic part of the soul, is the most political part of man.
人的激情通常比他们的理性更强大。
君子能够驾驭外物，小人则被外物所驱使。
Do not be influenced by the opinions of others.