The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation. During the minute that it takes me to compose this sentence, thousands of animals are being eaten alive, many others are running for their lives, whimpering with fear, others are slowly being devoured from within by rasping parasites, thousands of all kinds are dying of starvation, thirst, and disease.

译文：立下难以实现的志向，才能吃别人不可能吃的苦，做别人不能做的事，千秋功业，才有得指望；对人对事若发现错误而不忍心去指责、纠正，那么必然会因为不忍心去说而造成祸害。

"The stories we tell shape the world we live in."

最好的外交家是能够看到事物的未来发展趋势，而不仅仅是眼前的现实。