小知不及大知，小年不及大年。奚以知其然也？朝菌不知晦朔，蟪蛄不知春秋，此小年也；楚之南有冥灵者，以五百岁为春，五百岁为秋，上古有大椿者，以八千岁为春，八千岁为秋，此大年也。
小智慧不及大智慧，寿命短不及寿命长。怎么知道会是这样呢？有一种早上生的菌，活不过一天，不知道白天和黑夜；寒蝉春生夏死、夏生秋死，活不过一年，不知道春秋，这就叫短寿。楚国的南方有一种大树叫“冥灵”，以五百年为春，五百年为秋；上古有“大椿”树，以八千年为春，八千年为秋，这就叫长寿。
我为我的声音而战，我赢了。
I don't want to be a great man. I want to be a good man.
The nervous system is like an intricate orchestra, with each neuron playing its part.
The sea is a mirror of the soul—endless, shifting, and unfathomable.
工会对工资和就业的影响常常被误解。
在解释行为时，意志的概念是不必要的。
We are all prisoners of our own experiences, and the key to freedom lies in understanding them.
The present is the past rolled up for action, and the past is the present unrolled for understanding.
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.