沒有個(gè)人的推動(dòng)，社會(huì)就會(huì)停滯。沒有社會(huì)的同情，個(gè)人的推動(dòng)就會(huì)消失。
The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.
悲觀主義者的決定性特征是，他們傾向于相信壞事會(huì)持續(xù)很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間，會(huì)破壞他們所做的一切，并且是他們自己的錯(cuò)。
文學(xué)是反映人類最深欲望和恐懼的鏡子。
We are moving from a word-based culture to an image-based culture.
It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world.