Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already, given and transmitted from the past.
人们自己创造自己的历史，但是他们并不是随心所欲地创造，并不是在他们自己选定的条件下创造，而是在直接碰到的、既定的、从过去承继下来的条件下创造。
"Luxury is about emotion. If you don’t create emotion, you don’t create desire."
在量子力学中，观察者不是客观的，而是系统的一部分。
Leadership is about creating a vision and inspiring others to follow it, even when the path is unclear.