War is an ugly thing， but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war， is much worse.

We're all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.

与孟子不同，荀子主张“性恶”，认为人性本恶。因而更强调人为的作用，通过后天的人为的努力才能达到“善”。没有本性那么人为的努力就不能对症下药，没有人为的努力，本性就不能改善。所以主张“性伪合”，天生的本性和后天的努力对人都有重要影响，而后天的努力更为重要，它是我们能够自己掌控的，“学不可以已”的意义就更大。

真正的成功不在于名声或金钱，而在于你对他人产生的影响。

Strategy is about setting yourself apart from the competition. It's not a matter of being better at what you do – it's a matter of being different at what you do.

一部小说永远不会完成；它只是被遗弃。