比主动遗忘更痛苦的，是被动记住。

我不是为了名声做事，而是因为我热爱它们。

古代以天下为主体，君主为客体，君主一生所经营的，都是为了天下。

领导力的真正衡量标准是影响力，而不是权力。

诚信是信任的基础，而信任是成功的基础。

A society’s competitive advantage will come not from how well its schools teach the multiplication and periodic tables， but from how well they stimulate imagination and creativity.

某个复杂的想法被有意识地理解的频率越高，其元素就越容易和迅速地进入有意识的联系。

The South is not just a place. It's a state of mind.

The writer’s joy is the thought that can become emotion, and the emotion that can wholly become a thought.

艺术应该是危险的——不是身体上的危险，而是对思想的危险。

我不创造乌托邦，我描绘现实。