出自汉·桓宽《盐铁论·未通》。修筑城墙的人，首先要加厚城墙的地基，然后再把城墙垒高；善于养民的人，首先要巩固人民的产业，然后才能使他们走向富裕。要使人民实现富裕，首先要使人民有稳定的工作。国家应该合理地配置土地资源，使农民有地可耕；还应该整治社会治安，稳定市场秩序，沟通贸易渠道，使商人有买卖可做。只有做好了这些基本工作，人民才能逐渐走向富裕。

Always listen to your gut. It knows what your head hasn’t figured out yet.

The most difficult thing is to be simple.

"Everything is a learning process: any time you fall down, it's just teaching you to stand up the next time."

La pensée est le labeur de l'intelligence, la rêverie en est la volupté.

"The colony is the place where the project of a new humanity is to be tested, where the dream of a world without borders is to be realized, where the dream of a world without races is to be realized, where the dream of a world without nations is to be realized, where the dream of a world without classes is to be realized, where the dream of a world without genders is to be realized, where the dream of a world without religions is to be realized, where the dream of a world without money is to be realized."

没有风险的征服是没有荣耀的胜利。

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.