即使学术再精湛，如果道德不足，就像在流沙上建造高楼，稍有震动就会倒塌。

Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.

译文：贪图蝇头小利之人是不能立下大功绩的，心存私欲的人是不能去为众人办实事的。赏析：蝇头小利会让人迷失心智，会让人丧失斗志，从而远离人生的大目标。心存私欲，自然就缺乏公平公正，有私心，说话做事自然就会心虚，内心不坚定，何以办大事。

"Writing is a way of thinking, a way of understanding the world."

Whether we are describing a king, an assassin, a thief, an honest man, a prostitute, a nun, a young girl, or a stallholder in a market, it is always ourselves that we are describing.