If you want to be the best, you have to be able to handle the worst.

There are tracts in my life that are bare and silent. They are the open spaces where my busy days had their light and air.

记忆是一道永不愈合的伤口，而文学是我们贴在上面的绷带。

选自汉·桓宽《盐铁论·相刺》。即便像扁鹊那样医术高明的人，病人不肯接受针药的治疗，也是没有办法医治好他的病；即便是贤圣之士，如果国君没有接受正言相谏的雅量，那么贤圣也无能为力。这句话用良医治病也要病人配合和治国光靠贤圣之士的才干还不够做对比，更加充分的说明了贤君配合之道理。

Catalysis is not just about making reactions faster, it's about making them better.

把（春秋末期晋国豪富）韩魏两大家庭的财产附加给某个人，他仍然谦虚谨慎，那么他的品质就比一般人强太多了。

I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing.