意志不坚强的，智慧一定不高；说话不讲信用的，行动也不会果敢；拥有财富而不肯分给人的，不值得和他交友；守道不坚定，阅历事物不广博，辨别是非不清楚的，也不值得和他交游。

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark；the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

如果在一个游戏中，获胜变得过于重要，那么我们可以修改游戏规则以便从中获得更多乐趣。而修改规则本身就可以成为一个新的游戏。

I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves.

投资中最危险的四个字是：“这次不同。”

Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which nature herself is animated.

I think we have been through a period where too many people have been given to understand that if they have a problem, it's the government's job to cope with it. 'I have a problem, I'll get a grant.' 'I'm homeless, the government must house me.' They're casting their problem on society. And, you know, there is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first. It's our duty to look after ourselves and then, also to look after our neighbour. People have got the entitlements too much in mind, without the obligations.

我首先是个妈妈，其他都是其次。