The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.

和颜悦色，善意待人，就会亲如兄弟；恶声恶气，粗暴待人，比使用兵器更加伤人。管子的这些话对当今的社交活动、公共关系和人际交往仍有重要的借鉴意义。

最好的音乐来自痛苦和真诚。

我不需要许可来闪耀。

The ideas of economists and political philosophers， both when they are right and when they are wrong， are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men， who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence， are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.

In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.