"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
过去从未死去，它甚至不是过去。
The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.
The most important skill for getting rich is becoming a perpetual learner.
Money is concerned only with what is common to all, i.e., the exchange value, and it reduces all quality and individuality to the question: How much?