民主是一种机制,确保我们得到的治理不会比我们应得的更好。
Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
Following your bliss is a recipe for paralysis if you don’t know what you are passionate about. A better motto for most youth is “master something, anything”. Through mastery of one thing, you can drift towards extensions of that mastery that bring you more joy, and eventually discover where your bliss is.
Climate change solutions begin with how we manage our forests.
吃饭不可不嚼便咽,走路不可不看便走,话不可不考虑便信口乱说,事不可不计划就贸然去做,衣服不能随便就脱,钱财不能随便据为已有,怒气不可不忍而任意发作,朋友不可不加选择地乱交。
Fiction is a way of telling the truth without being constrained by facts.
真正的历史学家是真理的战士。