The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
过去不仅仅是过去，而是一个棱镜，主体通过它过滤自己不断变化的自我形象。
必须有出世者的宽广胸怀，才能入世；否则的话，很容易受到尘世的各种利诱纠缠而使自己迅速堕落；必须有入世者的深刻体验，才能出世；否则的话，很容易变得空虚无聊而使自己难以把持人生。
The greatest monarch on the proudest throne, is oblig'd to sit upon his own arse.
The city is a great artifact, the supreme work of human civilization.