Art is a mirror held up to society, but it’s also a hammer with which to shape it.
艺术是一面照向社会的镜子，但也是一把塑造社会的锤子。
你不能害怕失败。这是你成功的唯一途径。
想治理国家，首先要先去治民。治民要先正己，做好治家的工作，把自家子弟教育好了，自己就会以身作则；只有做到先正自己，才能在治民方面起到带头作用。只有先做好自己，才能为别人带好头和榜样；只有先身体力行才能有好作用榜样示范作用。这才是真正有意义的治理国家的好方法。只有先立好自己的身才能对社会起到好的表率作用。
Perception is not determined simply by stimulus patterns; rather it is a dynamic searching for the best interpretation of the available data.
我不让消极情绪影响我。
The greatest question of our time is not communism versus individualism, not Europe versus America, not even the East versus the West; it is whether man can bear to live without God.
No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.