子贡说：“贫穷却不阿谀奉承，富贵却不狂妄自大，怎样？”孔子说：“可以。不如穷得有志气，富得有涵养的人。”子贡说：“修养的完善，如同玉器的加工：切了再磋，琢了再磨，对吧？”孔子说：“子贡啊，现在可以与你谈诗了。说到过去，你就知道未来。”
We must balance economic growth with environmental responsibility.
The only way to predict the future is to create it.
No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.