千里之行，始于足下，再近的道路，如果你不走，就永远不能到达；一屋不扫，何以扫天下？再小的事情，你都不去做，何谈成功？

Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.

We must foster a culture of innovation to stay ahead in the energy transition.

Don't cry， I'm sorry， you must understand， I am sorry to deceive you so much， but this is life.

I believe in the power of storytelling.

It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.