要理解一个民族，你必须先理解他们的故事。

出自先秦《荀子·修身》。利益少，但是道义多，这样的事要做。在利与义之间要舍利而取义，强调的是一种修身原则。

I am not wise, but I have learned a great deal simply by staying alive.

The more chaotic the world becomes, the more we need architecture to make sense of it.

世界充满了光明和生命，真正的罪恶是对此不感兴趣。

耐心是智慧的伴侣。

The only real failure is the failure to try.

I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing at that, only then does he turn to the novel.