"The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt it didn't matter."

我们从这样的假设开始：任何学科都可以以某种智力上诚实的形式有效地教给处于任何发展阶段的任何孩子。

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

Tragic art, as it developed in the theaters of ancient Greece, in the fifth century B.C., was essentially an art form devoted to tracing how people fail, and also according them a level of sympathy, which ordinary life would not necessarily accord them. A few years ago, I was thinking about this, and I went to "The Sunday Sport," a tabloid newspaper I don't recommend you start reading if you're not familiar with it already.

I need time to create. Time is the most precious thing.

谦逊退让，是全身避祸的首要方法；从容稳重，是立身处世的首要方法；涵养包容，是屈己待人的首要方法；洒脱不拘，是养心全性的首要方法。

大家都是被命运所控制的人，一星半点都由不得自己。

农业中的每个挑战都是成长的机会 - 无论是字面还是比喻意义。

情感在决策中起着至关重要的作用，往往比我们意识到的还要重要。