“风过而竹不留声”，“雁过而潭不留影”，大千世界的种种现象都只是表象，真正具备君子品性的人，才能看清它们的本质，当事情来临时，他的良知就会发挥作用，事情过去之后，一切又归于清净虚空，因此他总能坦坦荡荡无忧无惧。

Literature isn’t a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority of a voice, not the purity of a soul.

世界是生者的地方，死者在其中没有位置。死者什么都不是。他们甚至不是记忆。他们被遗忘了。

I think people believe in heaven because they don’t like the idea of dying, because they want to carry on living and they don’t like the idea that other people will move into their house and put their things into the rubbish.

I'm not afraid to speak my mind.

You cannot not know history.