人不是为失败而生的。一个人可以被毁灭,但不能被打败。
But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
粮食是百姓生存的根本,没有粮食人就无法生存。三天不吃粮食,父子之间也难以互相照顾。
——2002年6月温铁军在清华大学的一次讲座
"A good book should leave you... slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it."