The most exciting breakthroughs of the 21st century will not occur because of technology but because of an expanding concept of what it means to be human.

我们不是从祖先那里继承了土地，而是从子孙那里借用了土地。

The true journey is not about seeing new landscapes, but about having new eyes.

我从十五岁开始致力于学习，三十岁便能自立于社会了，四十岁对各种事理不再迷惑不解，五十岁懂得了自然界的规律，六十岁对听到的事情能领会贯通，并能辨别是非真伪，七十岁时做事能随心所欲，但又不会超出礼法的规范。

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.

讲好故事的关键是在具体中找到普遍真理。