I desired mercy, not sacrifice. For i have not come to call the righteous, but sinners. 我要的是怜悯，不是牺牲。我来本不是召义人，乃是召罪人。 -- Holy Bible 圣经
He who lies on the ground cannot fall. 躺在地上的人不会跌倒。
Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first. 进步总是伴随着风险。你不可能在抢到二垒的同时还把脚踩在一垒上。 -- G. K. Chesterton 特顿
My mother cared more about how you reasoned than about the conclusions you reached. 我母亲更关心你如何推理，而不是你得出的结论。 -- David Frum 弗鲁姆
There are no whole truths; all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays the devil. 没有完全的真理;所有的真理都是半真半假。它试图把它们当作整个真理来对待，这是在扮演魔鬼。 -- Alfred North Whitehead 阿尔弗雷德北怀特黑德
We carry our neighbours' failings in sight; we throw our own crimes over our shoulders. 我们看到了邻居的缺点;我们把自己的罪行抛在身后。
It is in the moment of your decision that you life is shaped. 正是在你做出决定的那一刻，你的人生被塑造了。 -- Anthony Robbins 安东尼·罗宾
Many have stood their ground and faced the darkness when it comes for them. Fewer come for the darkness and force it to face them. 当黑暗降临时，许多人坚持自己的立场，面对黑暗。更少的人为了黑暗而来，强迫黑暗去面对他们。 -- Eliezer Yudkowsky 埃利泽
What you can't get is just what suits you. 你得不到的只是适合你的。
Don't shut the barn door after the horse is stolen. 马被偷后，不要关马厩的门。