作家是由他的主题选择的——他的主题是他自己时代的意识。
A writer is selected by his subject—his subject being the consciousness of his own era.
最好的歌曲来自真实的生活经历。
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.
君子这样来造船车,所以属下都效法他,因此他的人民就会饥寒交迫,不得不做奸邪的事。奸邪的事情一多,刑罚就重,刑罚一重,国家就混乱。国君若真的希望天下太平而不希望天下大乱的话,如果要做船车,就不能不节俭。
To be free is to accept responsibility for one's own life.
音乐的领域是一个可能性的领域。