"Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary."

I therefore have decided to read only the writings of men who have been executed or have risked their lives in some way.

大丈夫做事，只问对错，不问利害；只问是否符合道义，不问成败；只考虑万世的影响，不考虑一生的得失