钱财地位，往往成为丛集怨恨的渊薮；才华能力，常常就是招致灾祸的根由；名望声誊，往往成为引来毁谤的媒介；欢欣快乐，常常就是走向悲凉的开始。

The greatest power is not in controlling others, but in understanding them.

It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half of the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.

The desert is not just a place; it's a metaphor for the vastness of human solitude.

农民最大的资产是耐心——大自然不会匆忙，但一切都会完成。

"Memory can make a thing seem to have been much more than it was."

赏赐并不能让人欢喜,责罚也不能让人畏惧。