过去是一个跟随我们的影子，但选择让它定义我们还是走向光明，是我们的选择。

没有目的的创新只是噪音。

I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing.

The act of naming is the first act of creation.

I’m focused on what I need to do to get better.

To utter a performative is not to make a statement， and therefore the utterance of a performative is neither true nor false.

The desire for recognition, the thymotic part of the soul, is the most politically dangerous part of human nature.

译文：巧妙的如同车辕，笨拙的如同风筝。比喻各有其用。