"The writer's duty is to excavate truth, no matter how painful it may be."

Silence is the loudest sound of all.

The most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit.

庭院里栽种的竹子可以引来凤凰栖息，池中所养的鱼可化为蛟龙。

You can't think your way through life. You have to live your way through it.

眼睛看百步以内的东西，尚且没法看得一清二楚，而要把自己看见的就认为是实际有的，没有看见的就认为是没有的，这样的话天下所没有的东西，可就多了。

The distance between two cultures is where the most interesting things happen.

I'm not perfect, but I'm always myself.

"We are all time travelers, moving through the past, present, and future in our minds."