Everymorning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spent the rest of the day putting the pieces together.

"History is not the past but a map of the past, drawn from a particular point of view, to be useful to the modern traveller."

The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that... no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.

创新是经济繁荣的核心问题。

译文：修炼身心，第一是要减少欲望，行事就要先做到恭敬俭约。赏析：欲望过多，烦恼越多。我们追求基本的物质生活是必须的，但不能为了名利就不择手段，甚至铤而走险。待人一定要恭敬谦虚，假如飞扬跋扈，不可一世，就会自取灭亡。

文学的美在于它能够跨越时空连接我们。