Life is about making an impact, not making an income.

"The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success."

The historian is both detective and storyteller.

"A novel is a machine for thinking, a way of exploring the world without leaving your chair."

"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."

礼义法度，是随着时势而变化的。