"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."
The past is never dead. It's not even past.
The artist must learn to see, to observe, to feel, and to think.
The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as they result either from the mere situation of the climate and country or from the form of government and of the character of the people, or from those finer principles and morals, which may be called the recommendations of philosophy.
位卑者不怕攀登高山,贫困者勿需点缀虚幻的光环,朝圣者心中自有上帝,引导一路向前。