富贵不能淫，贫贱不能移。越是富贵，越是不能骄傲；越是贫穷，越要坚守志向。虽然尊敬贤能的人，但也不能贬斥那些愚笨不肖的人。

The sea gives us life; it's our duty to give back by protecting it.

The only thing that can stop you is you.

Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.

毁灭过往所有文明的原因在于财富和权力的不均分配倾向。