You get towards the end of life—no, not life itself, but of something else: the end of any likelihood of change in that life.

只有尊重自然，才能获得长久的回报。

A novel is a long answer to a question you can’t quite formulate.

爱护自己的体面不如注重廉耻；求医用药不如善养性情；结党营私不如昭示信义；作威作福不如诚恳笃实；过多的表白不如谨小慎微；巧取声名不如矫正自己心念；恣意于奢侈恣逸，不如从名教中自取其乐；安置田宅不如给儿孙多施家教。

国家的强大源于法治，衰弱混乱源于偏私

Memory is fragile and the space of a single life is brief, passing so quickly that we never get a chance to see the relationship between events.

美国是一个巨大的锅炉。只要下面点着火，它会产生无限的能量。