Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry and even whittle statues. The story of civilization is the story of what happened on the banks.
聪明的人心里明白而言语不必太多。
人は、自分が認められるために、他人を認める。
I don't feel like I have to please anyone but myself.
每一个人都有自己的星星,但其中的含意却因人而异。对旅人而言,星星是向导;对其他人而言,它们只不过是天际中闪闪发光的小东西而已;对学者而言,星星则是一门待解的难题;对我那位商人来说,它们就是财富。不过,星星本身是沉默的。你——只有你——了解这些星星与众不同的含义。
生活似乎是用一种焦虑代替另一种焦虑,用一种欲望代替另一种欲望的过程。《身份的焦虑》