The magi, as you know, were wise men—wonderfully wise men—who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones, possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of duplication.

The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.

译文：修性养心最好的方式就是少些欲望，培养廉洁的美德最好的方式就是不要心存贪念。赏析：人的欲望太多，贪念过盛，一旦无法满足，就会伤身费神。守身必谨严，养心须淡泊。为了追逐名利，有的人忘乎所以，最终走上违法犯罪的道路。

真正的强大是承认自己的弱点。

The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.

游览过五岳之后，其他的山就没什么可看的了；而游览过黄山之后，连五岳也没什么可看的了

当有人真正倾听你而不对你做出评判，不试图为你承担责任，不试图塑造你时，感觉真是太好了！