Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.
语言不是一种文化产物,不像我们学习报时或了解联邦政府运作那样。相反,它是我们大脑生物构成的一个独特部分。
诗歌应当以优美的丰盈而非奇特来使人惊喜——它应当让读者觉得表达了他自己最高尚的思想,几乎像是一种回忆。
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
The future of forestry lies in balancing economic growth with ecological responsibility.
我不完美,我也不声称自己是。但我正在努力。
经济历史的研究不仅仅是关于过去;它是关于理解当前不平等的根源。
浪费是一种设计缺陷。
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to put to rout all that was not life.
"Die Kunst des Schreibens besteht darin, die Welt so zu beschreiben, wie sie ist, und gleichzeitig so, wie sie sein könnte."