Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

The most successful societies are those that have been able to balance the need for a strong state with the need for individual freedom.

Till this moment I never knew myself.

国际政治是一个残酷而无情的舞台，各国不断努力最大化自己的权力和安全。

地质时间不仅漫长，而且复杂，过程以截然不同的速率运行。

古代学者在内心涵养上下功夫，所以表现在外表上便是德高望重的标志；今天的学者在外表上下功夫，对于内心涵养，则显出实际德行的缺陷。