We are all born with a certain package. We are who we are: where we were born, who we were born as, how we were raised. We're kind of stuck inside that person, and the purpose of civilization and growth is to be able to reach out and empathize a little bit with other people.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Everyone is looking for themselves, even if they don't know what they're looking for.

《诗经》上说“必须选择所使用的染料，必须谨慎地来浸染”，就是这个意思。 

Literature is the art of making the invisible visible.

The climate crisis is the greatest challenge agriculture has ever faced—and our greatest opportunity.

人一旦成名，就一个朋友也没有了，这是一个很大的不幸。而尤其不幸的是自称为朋友的人也都离你而去。