A man's character is his fate.

The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.

"You are constantly told in depression that your judgment is compromised, but a part of depression is that it touches cognition. That you are having a breakdown does not mean that your life isn't a mess."

Farmers are the original environmentalists—they understand the land better than anyone.

人的喜怒哀乐的感情没有表现出来，叫做中；表现出来合乎法度，叫做和。达到中和，天地就各居自己的位置，万物也就生长了。

The blood in the animal body is impelled in a circle, and is in a state of ceaseless motion.

I don’t fear losing. I fear not giving my best.