"We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm."

Literature is a false representation of life that nevertheless helps us to understand life better, to orient ourselves in the labyrinth where we are born, pass, and die.

I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.

古代的毛嫱、西施，虽然她们是天下的美人，但在满面怒容的时候，人家是看不出她们的美貌来的。鲁迅曾说“世间最可厌恶的事莫如一张生气的脸；世间最下流的事莫如把生气的脸摆给旁人看，这比打骂更难受”，开心的时候，几乎每个人都是慈眉善目，但最能显露一个人修养的，却是他生气的时候，即使盛怒，也不摆脸色给别人看，这是最佳的人品。

Collaboration is the foundation of progress in science—no one works alone.

The poor often lack the information needed to make good choices, and when they do have it, they often don’t trust it.