The greatest rewards come from working the hardest and not giving up.

The past is never just the past. It is always a foundation for the present.

【释义】不得志的时候就要提高自己的道德修养，得志的时候就要努力让天下人都能得到好处。

The truth is, I am a bad liar. But I am a good listener.

"The novel is a mirror that reflects the soul of society."

The evening is the time of day when the light is most beautiful, but it’s also the time when it starts to fade.

That's exhilarating if you're doing well, and very crushing if you're not. It leads, in the worst cases -- in the analysis of a sociologist like Emil Durkheim -- it leads to increased rates of suicide. There are more suicides in developed, individualistic countries than in any other part of the world. And some of the reason for that is that people take what happens to them extremely personally -- they own their success, but they also own their failure.