个人的就是历史的，历史的也是个人的。

I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.

Gunpowder made me understand the transience and eternity of life. 火药让我理解了生命的短暂与永恒。

We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that death will tremble to take us.