最终，所有的故事都是关于爱与失去、希望与绝望、生与死。

称王天下的国家，民众富有；称霸天下的国家，谋士富有；勉强存在的国家，大臣富有；丧失王道的国家，仓库富有。点评：贞观二年，唐太宗让有关部门去清点隋朝国库留下的物资。等数字报上来后，太宗大为惊讶。原来，「隋文（帝）不怜百姓而惜仓库，比至末年，计天下储积，得供五六十年……」

The universe is a story we tell ourselves to make sense of the chaos.

If I knew where I would meet my end, I would avoid it my entire life.

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.

I don't want to be a teacher. I want to be a friend.