The individual has become a mere cog in an enormous organization of things and powers which tear from his hands all progress, spirituality, and value in order to transform them from their subjective form into the form of a purely objective life.

贫困不在于拥有的少，而在于贪得无厌。

The more you know, the more you realize how little you know.

I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.

Diplomacy is the art of restraining power.

Here's an insight that I've had about success: You can't be successful at everything. We hear a lot of talk about work-life balance. Nonsense. You can't have it all. You can't. So any vision of success has to admit what it's losing out on, where the element of loss is. And I think any wise life will accept, as I say, that there is going to be an element where we're not succeeding.

"The act of writing is an act of rebellion against the chaos of existence."

出自《周易·系辞》，杨国荣在著作中阐释其哲学意义