The novel is a weapon against fanaticism and intolerance.

积聚的水如果不深，就无力浮起大船。倒一杯水在堂前的凹地，芥草浮在上面就是小船了，放一只水杯在上面就动不了了，是因为水浅而船大。聚集的风如果不大，就无力载负巨大的双翼，因而大鹏扶摇而上九万里，疾风在下面劲吹，然后才能凭借风力，背负蓝天而无可阻挡，才能够一路南飞。

领导力是创造一个让人们能够茁壮成长的环境。

Part of company culture is path-dependent—it's the lessons you learn along the way.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently.

The truth is not always beautiful, but the pursuit of it is.

"The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof."

Architecture is surely not the design of space, certainly not the massing or organizing of volumes. These are the means, not the end. The end is the complete and total work of art.

真正的文学是使我们更加人性的文学。