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.
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
The desire for recognition, the thymotic part of the soul, is the most political part of man.
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.