The real test of a bank is not how it performs in good times, but how it survives in bad times.

The surface of a painting is like a skin - it holds everything together.

音乐是心灵的避难所。

The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.

如果使人们喜怒无常，居处不定，思虑不得要领，行事中途就乱了章法；那么，天下间就会出现各种不平与不合理，而后像盗拓或者曾参、史鳅做的那些事情，都会发生。

I don't try to predict the future. I just try to buy stocks that are cheap relative to their value.

The most significant threat to liberal democracy today is not from the outside, but from within.

道德宇宙的弧线很长，但它弯向了正义。

It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.

You can't change the past, but you can shape the future.