The writer’s role is to question, not to comfort.

Money is concerned only with what is common to all, i.e., the exchange value, and it reduces all quality and individuality to the question: How much?

States are rational actors, and they will always act in their own self-interest.

Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity—it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.

忠于自己和你的愿景。

I always believed that when you follow your heart or your gut, when you really follow the things that feel great to you, you can never lose.

Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so.

我们要做的是让中国汽车工业在全球市场上赢得尊重。

What I remember above all about Harvard was being in the midst of so much energy and intelligence. It could be exhilarating, intimidating, sometimes even discouraging, but always challenging. It was an amazing privilege…and though I left early, I was transformed by my years at Harvard, the friendships I made, and the ideas I worked on.