对天资在中等程度以上的人，可以和他谈论高深的学问；而对于中等以下天资的人，则不可以和他谈论高深的学问。
The novel is a great discovery: far greater than Galileo's telescope or somebody else's wireless. The novel is the highest form of human expression so far attained. Why? Because it is so incapable of the absolute.
君子重视自身的努力，而不羡慕上天的恩赐；小人放弃自身的努力，而羡慕上天的恩赐。
If there was less sympathy in the world there would be less trouble in the world.
I want to be free, and art gives me that freedom.