他让自己被一种信念所动摇：人类并非在母亲分娩的那一天就一劳永逸地诞生，而是生活迫使他们一次又一次地重生。
He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.
"The pursuit of meaning is more important than the pursuit of happiness."
The historian’s first duty is to the truth.
每一种语言都是一座庙宇，其中供奉着使用它的人的灵魂。
国家是理性的行为体，它们寻求最大化相对权力，以确保在竞争性的国际体系中生存。
最黑暗的夜晚孕育最亮的星星。