根据历史的教训，我们的现代文明，已经达到了衰败期之前的那个时代，所有的民族似乎都不可避免的要经历同样的生存阶段，因为看起来历史是在不断重复他的过程。

I'm drawn to a lovely quote by St. Augustine in "The City of God," where he says, "It's a sin to judge any man by his post." In modern English that would mean it's a sinto come to any view of who you should talk to, dependent on their business card. It's not the post that should count. According to St. Augustine, only God can really put everybody in their place; he's going to do that on the Day of Judgment, with angels and trumpets, and the skies will open. Insane idea, if you're a secularist person, like me. But something very valuable in that idea, nevertheless.

我很喜欢圣奥古斯丁在“上帝之城”里的一句话，他说“以社会地位评价人是一种罪”。用现在的口吻说，看一个人的名片来决定你是否要和他交谈是罪。对圣奥古斯丁来说，人的价值不在他的社会地位，只有神可以决定一个人的价值，他将在天使围绕、小号奏鸣，天空破开的世界末日给于最后审判，如果你是像我一样的世俗论者，这想法太疯狂了，但这想法有它的价值。

阿兰·德波顿

一天只有24小时，你每天用来刷朋友圈的时间，别人都用来奋进，所以才会突然吃惊地发现：原来比你懒的人也练出了好身材，原来字比你丑的人居然写得一手好字，原来收入不及你的人竟然一下子就变成了千万富翁……适当地远离朋友圈，你才能有更多的时间，你才能不被羡慕蒙蔽了双眼。

墨羽

创新不仅仅是技术的问题；它关乎改变思维方式并接受新的思考方法。

Innovation is not just about technology; it's about changing mindsets and embracing new ways of thinking.

安娜·泰勒

独处的人还算机灵，而在群体中他简直就是个傻瓜。

席勒

谁只有按照别人的’选择才能幸福，他是理应感到不幸的。因为，他怎么能担保他的强有力邻人在对于选择的判断将会与他自己的判断相一致呢？

康德

觉醒的人唯一的责任，是找到自我，成为自我，自己摸索前行的路。

The sole duty of the awakened is to find oneself, become oneself, and forge one’s own path.