语出西汉·桓宽《盐铁论·疾贪》。表：古代测量日影以计时的标杆。要想让影子正，就要先将标杆树直；要想让下面的人清廉，就要先自己做到清廉。说明上位是下位的表率。

机会总是留给有准备的人。

唯一的出路就是穿过去。

给予的方式比礼物本身更有价值。

The essence of modernity is psychologism, the experiencing and interpretation of the world in terms of the reactions of our inner life and indeed as an inwardness.

I pursue no objectives, no systems, no tendency; I have no program, no style, no direction.

作家的职责是打破平静。