“We must learn to tailor our concepts to fit reality, instead of trying to stuff reality into our concepts.”
「我們必須學習依現實情況調整自己的想法，而不是試圖把現實套在我們想法的框架中。」– 維克多·丹尼爾 (演員)
“If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thru chinks of his cavern.”
「如果感觀之門能被完全洗淨，一切事物將以原本的樣貌呈現，不受任何限制，因為人們大多自我封閉，從他們洞穴的縫隙來看事情。」– 威廉‧布萊克 (詩人)
“A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us.”
「書籍應是劈開我們冰凍內心的斧頭。」– 法蘭茲‧卡夫卡 (作家)
“The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.”
「如同不能脱皮的蛇會死亡，無法改變想法的人，他們不再是明智的人。」– 弗里德里希‧尼采 (哲學家)
“By the time I got to school, I had already read a couple hundred books. I knew in the first grade that they were lying to me because I had already been exposed to other points of view. School is basically about one point of view – the one the teacher has or the textbooks have.”
「到我上學的時候，我已經讀了幾百本書。我在一年級時就知道他們在騙我，因為我之前就已經接觸到別的觀點。學校基本上只有一種觀點 – 老師的觀點或是課本的觀點。」– 艾倫‧凱 (軟體工程師)
“Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one you have.”
「沒有東西比一個想法還要危險，如果那是你唯一的想法。」– 艾密兒‧恰堤爾 (哲學家)
“Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.”
「開始挑戰你自己的假設，你的假設是你看世界的窗戶。每隔一段時間擦洗它們一下，否則光線不會進來。」– 艾倫‧艾爾達 (演員)
