The function of mental processes is to mediate between the needs of the organism and the demands of the environment.
全球金融危机是现代历史上最严重的危机,需要采取非同寻常的应对措施。
——温铁军谈农民工问题的解决
我们每个人都不如我们所有人聪明。
The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.