The land is our mother, the rivers our blood. We live because the land lives.
我从来对平庸不感兴趣。
The success of any political system depends on its ability to generate legitimacy in the eyes of its citizens.
The greatest enemy of a trader is fear and greed.
我认为女性最好的榜样是那些富有成果且自信地做自己的人，他们为世界带来光明。
所以天将要把重大任务落到这个人身上，一定先要使他的心志痛苦，使他的筋骨劳累，使他的身体饥饿，使他的身子穷困，并且使他的每一行为总是不能如意，借此来使他的内心震动，坚韧他的性情，增加他的才干。
The novel is the highest example of subtle inter-relatedness that man has discovered.