The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.

文章是用来阐明道理的。因此文辞不能不修饰，而道理不能不阐明。

The only way to understand another culture is to assume the frame of reference of that culture.

"The best stories are the ones that stay with you long after you've finished reading."

"We are all detectives of our own lives, piecing together clues from the past."

The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.