The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when to be obeyed.

心智是一个计算器官的系统，通过自然选择设计来解决我们祖先在觅食生活方式中面临的各种问题。

You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.

成熟的基础：不是你的过错并不代表就不是你的责任。

小说不仅仅是一个故事；它是一个建构的物体，一种必须尽可能完美的艺术技巧。

时间并非实物，因此我们既无法浪费也无法节省；它始终与我们同在。

A city’s architecture should inspire its citizens.

The best way to predict the future is to design it.

Technology should serve people, not control them.