"Stories help us make sense of the chaos of life."

做儿女的使用不正当之道谋求私利，家庭必定混乱，做臣子的使用不正当之义扬个人私名，国家必定危险。国家和家庭一样，会毁于不团结。

We must consider the environmental impact of every technological advancement.

解释：所谓把粮食积存在取之不尽的粮仓里，就是要努力从事粮食生产。

I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape—the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn’t show.

要想端正自身行为，先要端正自己的身心；要想处理好天下大事，先要处理好身边小事。

The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.

以战争建立的帝国必须通过战争来维护自身。

好与伟大之间的区别在于对细节的关注。