我的一生都在与恐惧和焦虑作斗争。

History is not the past—it is the method we have evolved of organizing our ignorance of the past.

People lie for all kinds of reasons, but mostly they lie because the truth is too hard.

译文：古庙里黄叶堆积，寒雨萧瑟;青山上的荒坟笼罩着白云。为什么自从离开朱仙镇，就再也没听到岳飞将军胜利的消息?

The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.