自由是人类参与自身发展的能力，是我们塑造自我的能力。

君子心中常常体会到的不是人情而是天理；君子口中所常说的不是人伦世故而是世间法理；君子常有的行为不是规矩而是行为的原则。

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.

We are in the midst of a digital revolution that is transforming the way we live, work, and communicate.

The consequences of this problem make themselves felt in bookshops. When you go to a large bookshop and look at the self-help sections, as I sometimes do -- if you analyze self-help book sproduced in the world today, there are basically two kinds. The first kind tells you, "You can do it! You can make it! Anything's possible!" The other kind tells you how to cope with what we politely call "low self-esteem," or impolitely call, "feeling very bad about yourself."

The English are not a very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.