从前有只鸟停留在鲁国都城郊外，鲁君很喜爱它，用牛羊猪三牲俱备的规格来款待它，还奏起韶乐，要使它快乐，鸟儿却黯然神伤，头晕目眩，不敢吃东西，这是用别人供养自己的方法来养鸟。真正养鸟的方法，应该是让它栖息在深林，飞翔在江湖之上，让它吃鳅鱼，自由自在地漫步在山野，那么一块平地就够了。

If you wish to succeed, you should use perdistence as your good friend, experiece as your reference, prudence as your brother and hope as your sentry.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

"Literature is the mirror that reflects the complexities of the human condition."

真正的艺术家不追随潮流，他们创造潮流。

唯一无法得到帮助的人是那些责备他人的人。

粮仓充实，民众就能知道礼节；衣食充足，民众就能知道耻辱。

What we learn from history is that people don't learn from history.

人生苦短，不要活在别人的梦想里。

气候变化是本世纪的战斗，我们必须赢得胜利。