The poet is a man who looks at the world and sees it as it is, but also as it could be.

The power elite is composed of men whose positions enable them to transcend the ordinary environments of ordinary men and women; they are in positions to make decisions having major consequences.

人们往往认为，现在的政客比过去的政客要糟糕得多。但我们往往忘记了过去的政客有多糟糕。

The artist must be both poet and engineer.

百世修来的缘分才能同乘一条船，千世修来的缘分才可以做同床共枕的夫妻；不求家中有贵重的金银珠宝，只愿家中的儿孙个个贤能。