玉在山而草木润，渊生珠而崖不枯。为善不积邪？安有不闻者乎？
山上有玉那么那山上的草木都很润泽，水里有宝珠连河岸也不那么干枯。只要自身修养足够好，光芒总是遮掩不住的。有时候觉得自己做得很好了，可还是没人理解，因觉得“埋没”了自己而委屈不平。其实是自己做得还不到位，还需再接再厉，善行积累多了，自然就会得到认可。
How will you use these gifts？ And will you take pride in your gifts or pride in your choices？
Reading good literature is the best way to learn to be free.
蓬草长在麻地里，不用扶它也能挺立；把白沙放在黑土里，白沙也就变成黑的了。这两个例子说明，环境对一个人的影响，是非常大的，所以才有了《孟母三迁》的故事。
The only constant is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today.
"Success is not given, it is earned."
如果你打算尝试，那就全力以赴。否则，干脆不要开始。
The most important quality in a scientist is persistence.
Men become old, but they never become good.
If you ask an economist what’s driven economic growth, it’s been major advances in things that mattered – the mechanization of farming, mass manufacturing, things like that. The problem is, our society is not organized around doing that.