The very shaping of history now outpaces the ability of men to orient themselves in accordance with cherished values. And which values? Even when they do not panic, men often sense that older ways of feeling and thinking have collapsed and that newer beginnings are ambiguous to the point of moral stasis.
历史的塑造现在超过了人们根据珍视的价值观来定位自己的能力。哪些价值观？即使没有恐慌，人们也常常感觉到旧的感觉和思维方式已经崩溃，而新的开始模糊到道德停滞的地步。
History is not just the story of the past, but a mirror to the present and a window to the future.
"A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise."
A writer is a person who is not satisfied with the world as it is, who wants to change it, to improve it, to make it more beautiful, more just, more livable.
"A book is a mirror: if a fool looks in, no sage can look out."
True growth comes from balancing short-term gains with long-term vision.
科学中的每一项伟大发现都是大胆想象的结果。
"The moment of betrayal is the worst, the moment when you know beyond any doubt that you've been betrayed: that some other human being has wished you that much evil."