在我看来,现在有许多人—甚至包括科学家—似乎都只是见树不见林。关于历史与哲学背景的知识,可以提供给那些大部份正受到当代偏颇观念所左右的科学家们一种不随波逐流的独立性。这种由哲学的洞察力所创造的独立性,依我来看,正是一个工匠或专家,与一个真正的真理追寻者之间,最大的区别。
Positive psychology is as concerned with strength as with weakness, as interested in building the best things in life as in repairing the worst.
过去从未死去,它甚至从未过去。
伊斯坦布尔的命运就是我的命运:我依恋这座城市,因为它造就了今天的我。
The power of literature lies in its ability to disturb, to question, to undermine what is taken for granted.
The poor are not lazy; they are just caught in a system that makes it very hard for them to escape poverty.
忙碌是一种懒惰——懒惰的思考和盲目的行动。
Customer loyalty is earned, not bought.