If I fail, I try again, and again, and again. If YOU fail, are you going to try again? The human spirit can handle much worse than we realize. It matters HOW you are going to FINISH. Are you going to finish strong?

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.

Science is about pushing boundaries, both in knowledge and technology.

爱护自己的体面不如注重廉耻；求医用药不如善养性情；结党营私不如昭示信义；作威作福不如诚恳笃实；过多的表白不如谨小慎微；巧取声名不如矫正自己心念；恣意于奢侈恣逸，不如从名教中自取其乐；安置田宅不如给儿孙多施家教。

【大意】等到大寒节气到来时，冰霜寒雪从天而降，然后才能知道只有松柏能经得住严寒考验，依然繁茂。