小智慧不及大智慧，寿命短不及寿命长。怎么知道会是这样呢？有一种早上生的菌，活不过一天，不知道白天和黑夜；寒蝉春生夏死、夏生秋死，活不过一年，不知道春秋，这就叫短寿。楚国的南方有一种大树叫“冥灵”，以五百年为春，五百年为秋；上古有“大椿”树，以八千年为春，八千年为秋，这就叫长寿。

有机体本质上是对环境刺激的被动反应者。

The past is not just the past, but a prism through which the subject filters his own changing self-image.

Wall Street has too much wealth and political power.

生活对那些追求个人传奇的人确实很慷慨。

The modern world has turned us into consumers, and consumption is the new religion.