The historian must have some kinship with his subject. The dead will not speak unless they are properly addressed.

释义：打仗时所谓的“奇招”就是攻击敌人没有准备的位置，在敌人没有预料到的时候采取行动。利用敌人的疏忽和意外来达到制胜的效果。

We are survival machines—robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.

The most important property of a program is whether it accomplishes the intention of its user.

【译文】忍下一时的怨气，可以免除长久的忧患。遇到不利的情况学学乌龟，该缩头的时候就要把头缩回去。

"I’m a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments."

我几乎每天都会问自己的问题是，‘我是否在做最重要的事情？’

我想知道的唯一一件事是，我将在哪里死去，这样我就永远不会去那里。