死亡每天都在场，但我们直到它直接触碰我们时才看见它。

一本书是一面镜子：如果傻瓜往里看，智者也无法从中看出什么。

人类的境况从根本上说是关于渴望与失去。

The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag him down. The rain will erode the deeds of his life. But that man who sets himself the task of singling out the thread of order from the tapestry will by the decision alone have taken charge of the world and it is only by such taking charge that he will effect a way to dictate the terms of his own fate.

把一些多余的技巧还给大自然，把一些用不完的俸禄还给国家，把一些用不能完的财富还给百姓，把一些用不尽的福泽造福子孙。