人们不会问一个受苦的人：你的国家是什么？你的宗教是什么？人们只会说：你在受苦，这对我来说就足够了。
One does not ask of one who suffers: What is your country and what is your religion? One merely says: You suffer, that is enough for me.
阅读的行为是一种同理心的行为，一种走进他人鞋子的方式。
Without imperfection, you or I would not exist.
The key to performance is elegance, not battalions of special cases.
The statesman， who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals， would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention but assume an authority which could safely be trusted， not only to no single person， but to no council or senate whatever， and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.
【译文】 孔子说：“我想不说话。”子贡说：“您如果不说话，谁教我们呢？”孔子说：“天说过什么？天不说话，照样四季运行，百物生长，天说过什么？”