"Manchmal ist das Leben wie ein Roman, den man nicht versteht, bis man die letzte Seite gelesen hat."

I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That’s how I’ve gotten to where I am.

The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.

国君若真的希望人口多而不希望人口少的话，如果要蓄养姬妾，就不能不节制。［说明∶老百姓也得有老婆生孩子，别抢人家的老婆］ 

当下是唯一的现实，唯一的确定性。

"In the silence between words, the truth often lies hidden."

要理解未来，首先必须理解过去。

The true value of a forest cannot be measured in board feet alone; its worth is in the life it sustains.