Literature is the most subversive of all arts because it works in secret, in the reader’s mind.
积聚的水如果不深，就无力浮起大船。倒一杯水在堂前的凹地，芥草浮在上面就是小船了，放一只水杯在上面就动不了了，是因为水浅而船大。聚集的风如果不大，就无力载负巨大的双翼，因而大鹏扶摇而上九万里，疾风在下面劲吹，然后才能凭借风力，背负蓝天而无可阻挡，才能够一路南飞。
语出（南宋）崔敦礼《刍言》。自以为聪明的人，其实并不聪明；自以为能干的人，其实并不能干。
The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.
War is an ugly thing， but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war， is much worse.
You can do anything you set your mind to, man.