做官的人应为肩负天下重任而养身,而不是为私家小利惜身。省却嗜好欲念,减除烦恼忧虑,戒除愤怒,节制饮食,这就是养身。计较得失利益,规避辛劳哀怨,营造住宅房舍,以妻子儿女为重,这就是惜身。养生的人,不妄为而大方;惜身的人,腥膻而琐碎。
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
"We are all the heroes of our own stories, and sometimes the villains too."
A novelist must be a psychologist, but a psychologist of a special kind—one who understands the souls of men and women as if he had made them.
任何人都能成为历史,只有伟人能创造历史。