做善事容易，做了善事而逃避好名声就难了；不触犯他人容易，触犯了他人心里不计较就难了。为人处世，遇到有人对我蛮横无理，就要像走在灌木草丛中一样，荆棘挂住了衣服，只能缓慢前行小心地拨开荆棘就是了，荆棘也不是存心阻人啊！这样一来便能做到心中不劳累，而化解仇怨。

对财产的过度关注，胜过一切其他因素，阻碍了我们自由高尚地生活。

The novel is the art of the possible impossible.

心理学必须是一门描述的科学，而非解释。

The people in my stories are not heroes or villains. They are just people trying to get through life.

成为作家意味着不断探索。

To be a good mathematician, you need to have both intuition and rigor.