知足者常乐，追求无止境的欲望永无满足。

Failure is just a stepping stone to success.

We should weep for men at their birth， not at their death.

笑容是驱散人类脸上寒冬的阳光。

The very shaping of history now outpaces the ability of men to orient themselves in accordance with cherished values. And which values? Even when they do not panic, men often sense that older ways of feeling and thinking have collapsed and that newer beginnings are ambiguous to the point of moral stasis.

Freedom was a thing that shifted as you looked at it, the way a forest is dense with trees up close but from outside, from the empty meadow, you see its true limits. Being free had nothing to do with chains or how wide your cage was.

The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.