"I don't have a lot of respect for talent. Talent is genetic. It's what you do with it that counts."
我对天赋没有太多尊重。天赋是遗传的。重要的是你如何利用它。
读经书，阅传注，就为治学打下坚实基础；看史籍，鉴古今，就使宏论滔滔切中肯綮；游山川，观壮景，就使志气凌云眼界开阔；戒嗜好，弃私欲，就使胸怀磊落一尘不染。
The architect must be a master of light and shadow.
Trade between two countries can be mutually beneficial, even if one of them is less efficient in the production of all commodities.
我不害怕说出我的想法。
The novel is the art of the possible, and the possible is always more terrifying than the real.