Happiness is a state of mind, not a set of circumstances.
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
译文:待人处世柔软能立身,过于刚强能惹灾祸。赏析:人过刚则易折,过柔则易弯。柔弱不是懦弱,是对世事的利害把控。人过于刚强,就会处处破壁。我们要把握好刚与柔的尺度,过于柔弱就会受人欺负,过于刚强就会招致祸患。
科学的进步不是通过事实的积累,而是通过发现它们之间的新关系。
The novel is the great modern epic because it can contain everything: poetry, history, philosophy, politics.