The purpose of music is to sober and quiet the mind, thus making it susceptible to divine influences.

States are rational actors that seek to maximize their relative power in order to ensure their survival in a competitive international system.

Sustainability is not an option; it is the only path forward for agriculture.

合作共赢是现代农业发展的必由之路，单打独斗没有出路。

The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.

在上海法租界莫利爱路二十九号住宅与李宗黄谈话，1918年7月

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.