The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash.
A complete industrial chain is more important than a single technological breakthrough.
教育是对人力资本的投资,会以更高生产率的形式获得回报。
The only thing I'm scared of is being forgotten.
"The poem is a way of making sense of the world."
When you fail, that's when you get up and try again. There's no reason to just stay down.
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. And that, of course, causes great confusion.