文章的最高境界，是与自然造化相通，达到自然而然的精妙。

Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them—and then, the opportunity to choose.

前代哲人高深玄妙的教诲，我不能背离。没有见到仁人之居，我将去哪里居住啊？没有见到义士足迹，我将怎么去追谁啊？

My life is music, and music is my life.

Loneliness is the starting point of thought.

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.

I don't compete with anyone but myself.