The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

先读经书，再读史籍，以经论史，评论古人史事，就不会与圣贤相悖；研读史籍，再温经书，以史证经，读书目的升华，决不仅为章句之学。

"I think it's important to have a balance in life, and to not let work consume you."

我的艺术是一个永无止境的故事。

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all.

I don't believe in happy endings. Life is not like that.

"We are all shaped by the choices of those who came before us."