Society can and does execute its own mandates， and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right， or any mandates at all in things with which it ought not to meddle， it practices a social tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression， since， though not usually upheld by such extreme penalties， it leaves fewer means of escape， penetrating much more deeply into the details of life， and enslaving the soul itself.
成為小說家就是要對別人不感興趣的東西感興趣。
"Nur wer die Gefahr besteht, geht in sich."
Words are not mere sounds or marks， but signs of facts.
Focus on being productive instead of busy.
譯文：在清風(fēng)明月下，仿佛時光無盡，我能自在地駕乘鸞鳥仙鶴。人間不過是虛幻的夢境，回首往事，實(shí)在不堪再去重溫。