I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it call itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use—silence, exile, and cunning.

成功的真正标准是为子孙后代留下积极的遗产。

译文：志向不能不高远，志向不高元，就会被世俗所污染，不会有大作为；心气不能太大，心气过高，就会好高骛远，难有作为。赏析：做人要立志高远，志向远大，目标才明确，但做事不能好高骛远，眼高手低，否则，事情就会半途而废。大事做不来，小事不愿意做，是很多人通病。一个人的成功都是从小事做起，做基层做起，只有厚积才能薄发。

Diversity in thought leads to innovation; diversity in people leads to strength.