The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.
"History is not the past, it is the present. We carry our history with us."
"I have always liked the phrase 'nursing a grudge,' because many people are tender of their resentments, as of the thing nearest their hearts."
Home isn't a place, it's the people who make you feel you belong.
在那样的年纪,我会找任何借口做些估测或者小算术。我会计算油耗还有杂货花销等鸡毛蒜皮的小事。我听过一个有关吸烟的广告。我记不得细节了,但是广告大意是说,每吸一口香烟会减少几分钟的寿命,大概是两分钟。无论如何,我决定为祖母做个算术。我估测了祖母每天要吸几支香烟,每支香烟要吸几口等等,然后心满意足地得出了一个合理的数字。接着,我捅了捅坐在前面的祖母的头,又拍了拍她的肩膀,然后骄傲地宣称,"每天吸两分钟的烟,你就少活九年!"
领导力不是发号施令,而是激励他人成就伟大。
外交不仅仅是国家之间的事务,它也关乎人类整体的命运和未来。
History is not just about the past, it is also a mirror of the present.