能竭忠尽孝，才能称为人。治国安邦称为学问。能平定叛乱称为人才，编织天地事物称为文章。心胸光明坦荡称为风度。万物与我一体称为仁心。

"The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember."

"We all want things to stay the same. Settle for living instead."

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait. Do not even wait, be quite still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.

The role of the economist is part scientist, part engineer.

Beauty alters the grain of reality.