Before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we've learned as we've moved toward that dream. That's the point at which most people give up. It's the point at which, as we say in the language of the desert, one 'dies of thirst just when the palm trees have appeared on the horizon.'

Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

You can't control commodity prices, but you can control how you respond to them.

Speaking of my future daughter, I just want her to be healthy and happy.

过去总是紧张的，未来是完美的。

We must decouple economic growth from environmental degradation.