天地不夸耀自己的明亮，大水不夸耀自己的清澈，大火不夸耀自己的炎烈，有德之君不夸耀自己的德行高远，这样才能做众人的领袖。

I think we have been through a period where too many people have been given to understand that if they have a problem, it's the government's job to cope with it. 'I have a problem, I'll get a grant.' 'I'm homeless, the government must house me.' They're casting their problem on society. And, you know, there is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first. It's our duty to look after ourselves and then, also to look after our neighbour. People have got the entitlements too much in mind, without the obligations.

The value of an auction lies not just in the revenue it generates, but in the efficiency of the allocation.

唯一真正的监狱是恐惧，唯一真正的自由是从恐惧中解脱。

"To understand is to perceive patterns."

"True strength is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

The only way to approach the spiritual world is through the gate of reverence.