译文：志向不能不高远，志向不高元，就会被世俗所污染，不会有大作为；心气不能太大，心气过高，就会好高骛远，难有作为。赏析：做人要立志高远，志向远大，目标才明确，但做事不能好高骛远，眼高手低，否则，事情就会半途而废。大事做不来，小事不愿意做，是很多人通病。一个人的成功都是从小事做起，做基层做起，只有厚积才能薄发。
Failure gave me an inner security that I had never attained by passing examinations. Failure taught me things about myself that I could have learned no other way. I discovered that I had a strong will, and more discipline than I had suspected; I also found out that I had friends whose value was truly above the price of rubies.
The purpose of life is the pursuit of truth and virtue.
诚信采矿意味着为子孙后代留下积极的遗产。
身体不是一个东西，它是一种情境：它是我们对世界的把握和我们对我们计划的草图。
No moral system can rest solely on authority.
"I write to escape the shadow, but I always end up finding it."