True literature always disturbs the established order.

We have a responsibility, every one of us. We may think we live a long way from the oceans, but we don't. What we actually do here, has a direct effect on the oceans—and what the oceans do then reflects back on us.

【解释】有腐草和粪料的土地，植物繁茂生长；清澈见地的河流，常常不会有鱼虾。君子应有包容世间善恶、雅俗、是非的胸襟，不可追求绝对的完美，而脱离实际。

The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

人们对自己信念的自信程度主要取决于他们能对所看到的东西讲述的故事的质量，即使他们看到的东西很少。