In this trifling affair， that misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than even malice and wickedness. At all events， the two latter are of less frequent occurrence.

Never let failure define you. Use it as a stepping stone to something better.

To live is to be constantly surprised by life.

The writer must be a perpetual outsider, a critic of all orthodoxies.

I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing.

读书不体验认识，就好像闪电照物，一点都抓不到；读书不能身体力行，就像水上行车、陆上行舟、一点用处都没有。

出自汉·桓宽《盐铁论·疾贪》。贪婪卑鄙的风气源自处于上位的统治者，而不在下层民众；对民众的教育、对国民素质的改良在于执政者的措施是否得当，而不在于人民自身的素质。