The power of data lies in its ability to tell stories that numbers alone cannot convey.

写作的行为是一种自我发现的行为。

The surest way to tame a prisoner is to let him believe he’s free.

逻辑学的研究是关于正确推理原则的研究。

I think we have gone through a period when too many children and people have been given to understand 'I have a problem, it is the Government's job to cope with it!' or 'I have a problem, I will go and get a grant to cope with it!' 'I am homeless, the Government must house me!' and so they are casting their problems on society and who is society? There is no such thing! There are individual men and women and there are families and no government can do anything except through people and people look to themselves first.

译文：年轻的时候读书并没有取得深刻的理解，到了晚年的时候并没有付出多大努力却取得了惊人的成就。赏析：不管读书还是做事，我们要尽量做好，即使当时不理解，迟早有一天会明白其中的道理。年轻时不理解，是因为我们的社会阅历和人生经验不够丰富。