即便真理没有带来便利，也要恪守它，因为你若企图掩盖真理，会带来更多的麻烦。即使真相并不令人愉快，也一定要做到诚实，因为掩盖真相往往要费更大力气。
Be scrupulously truthful, even when truth is inconvenient, for it is more inconvenient when you try to conceal it.
我认为生命是一份礼物，重要的是珍惜每一刻。
Development economics is ultimately about improving people's lives.
He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing.
"The best writing is that which makes the familiar strange and the strange familiar."
译文：人不能因为能说会道就是好处，狗不能因为善叫就是好狗。赏析：能说会道，巧舌如簧并不是好事，我们说话不一定要语言很优美，但一定要真诚，不一定要出口成章，一定要妥当正确。
We don't need perfect knowledge to take sensible actions.