The artist's duty is to be a witness to his time.

"Truth is not found in the light, but in the shadows we're afraid to explore."

追求数学真理是一项崇高的努力。

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

"The only true voyage of discovery, the only fountain of Eternal Youth, would be not to visit strange lands but to possess other eyes, to behold the universe through the eyes of another, of a hundred others, to behold the hundred universes that each of them beholds."

最好的故事是那些让我们在他人身上看到自己的故事。

强调历史研究既要理解历史背景，又要保持学术批判性。