Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.

I have come to realise that men are not born to be free.

A book should feel like a friend to a child—comforting, exciting, and full of surprises.

不受流俗所牵累,不因外物而矫饰,不对人提出苛严的的要求,不背违众人的心情,但愿天下太平无事人人都能糊口养生,自己和他人生存条件能够得到保证也就心满意足,并且以此来剖白自己的心迹。

The key to sustainable growth is balancing short-term gains with long-term vision.

How often do we tell our own life story? How often do we adjust, embellish, make sly cuts? And the longer life goes on, the fewer are those around to challenge our account, to remind us that our life is not our life, merely the story we have told about our life.

流放这件事想起来奇怪地引人入胜，但经历起来却很可怕。