The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a God or not. The atheist is a religious person. He believes in atheism as though it were a new religion.
宗教狂热者的对立面不是狂热的无神论者,而是温和的愤世嫉俗者,他们对上帝存不存在并不在意。无神论者是一种宗教人格。他把无神论当成一种新宗教来膜拜。
世上没有失败,失败只不过是命运试图将我们推向另一个方向罢了。
The way we see things is affected by what we know or what we believe.
译文:像许汜那样只知道买田置房(追求个人私利),恐怕会羞于见到雄才大略的刘备。可惜时光流逝,我在风雨飘摇中担惊受怕,连树木都已长得粗壮高大!(注:“树犹如此”  化用典故,感慨时光虚度)能请谁唤来歌女,用红巾翠袖擦拭我这英雄失意的泪水?
Ninety-nine percent of the troubles that threaten our civilization come from too optimistic, therefore we should have a system where the accounting is a way more conservative.
老百姓可以长久没有财物,但不能一天没有饭吃。