Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

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.

小说是一种印象，不是一种论证；它是生活的一种印象。

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

If you're not innovating, you're falling behind.

The best traders are those who can think independently.

The individual is reduced to a negligible quantity, perhaps less in his consciousness than in his habits and in the unconscious adjustments of his life.