以客观角度来看，这个世界确实变得更好，但同时也变得更糟。前进一步，又倒退一步，仿佛宇宙在科技进步和文化倒退间达成平衡，使人类的进展呈钟形曲线。
A sober looks shows that just have the world gotten to be a better place after all; it is also grown a bit worse at the exact same rate.; a one step up, a one step back sort of cosmic balance between forward progress, and cultural retreat, that puts man kind on a bell curve of existence.
The true poet is all-knowing; he is an actual world in miniature.
The human heart is like the sea: it has its storms, its tides, and its depths; in it, too, there are pearls.
现代国家的特点是其能够以前现代国家无法做到的方式集中和使用权力。
过去是一个异国，但我们都是它的公民。
总有一天 深藏的奸诈会渐渐显出它的原形。
世界在变化，我们必须随之改变。
预测未来的最好方式就是创造未来。
可持续化学的未来在于开发在温和条件下工作的催化剂。
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.