I'm a feminist, but I think that romance has been taken away a bit for my generation. I think what people connect with in novels is this idea of an overpowering, encompassing love—and it being more important and special than anything and everything else.

The only way to tell the truth is to speak without persuasion.

南怀瑾：世间法不空，与般若有挂碍，等于眼中有沙，认生死轮回为实有；出世间法不空，与般若亦有挂碍，等于肉中有刺，认化城为宝所；故有凡夫生死、二乘涅盘的颠倒梦想。

The happiness of society is the end of government.

不以法推行法度，则国事没有常规，办事的时候就没有规矩可循；法度不用法的手段推行，则政令不能贯彻。

When we protect marine ecosystems, we're ultimately protecting human livelihoods.

I’m positive that in 100 years much of what I take to be true today will be proved to be wrong， maybe even embarrassingly wrong， and I try really hard to identify what it is that I am wrong about today.