出自《海国图志序》。善于学习外国的长处，就能够征服外国;不善于学习外国的长处就会被外国所征服。

最好的小说是关于我们最害怕的事情。

"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater."

保持好奇心并在整个生命中不断学习是很重要的。