这个世界用许多方法告诉我们，我们无所不能，我们不再受限于阶级，而是只要靠着努力就能攀上我们想到的高度。这是个美丽的理想，出于一种生而平等的精神，我们基本上是平等的，没有任何明显的阶级存在。这造成了一个严重的问题，这个问题是嫉妒。
We're told, from many sources, that any onecan achieve anything. We've done away with the caste system, we are now in a system where anyone can rise to any position they please. And it's a beautiful idea. Along with that is a kind of spirit of equality; we're all basically equal. There are no strictly defined hierarchies. There is one really big problem with this, and that problem is envy.
不是关于成为最好的，而是关于比昨天的自己更好。
在所有时代，困扰人类并给他们带来最大灾难的大问题，不是世界上是否有权力，也不是权力从何而来，而是谁应该拥有它。
仓库里空虚了日子就会难，子孙愚笨了怎么知晓礼义呢？
The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself.