吾十有五而志于学，三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳顺，七十而从心的欲，不逾矩。
我从十五岁开始致力于学习，三十岁便能自立于社会了，四十岁对各种事理不再迷惑不解，五十岁懂得了自然界的规律，六十岁对听到的事情能领会贯通，并能辨别是非真伪，七十岁时做事能随心所欲，但又不会超出礼法的规范。
我们都在阴沟里，但仍有人仰望星空。
He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.
The world needs pragmatic solutions, not just idealistic visions.