I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That’s how I’ve gotten to where I am.

Success in mining comes from balancing economic growth with environmental responsibility.

The stream of thought is a stream of survival.

我宁愿在尝试中失败，也不愿在保守中成功。

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.

人生在世，常常遇到不如意的小事，这是好兆头，可以避免重大的祸事发生。假如每件事都称心如意，那么必然会在以后遇到重大的挫折。明白这个道理，就会心平气和，不再怨天尤人。

The only real power is the power of love.

The story of my upbringing is the story of how a half-baked Indian is made.