过去从未死去，它甚至还未过去。
The past is never dead. It's not even past.
We are all of us born with a unique set of potentialities, and it is our task in life to realize as many of them as possible.
学者学习古人，开始时接触到的是粗浅的内容，中期接触到精华，最终领悟到其神妙变化。
"To write is to bear witness to the human condition."