No one is wise enough to know what is truly good or bad.

Stories you read when you're the right age never quite leave you. You may forget who wrote them or what the story was called. Sometimes you'll forget precisely what happened, but if a story touches you it will stay with you, haunting the places in your mind that you rarely ever visit.

智与愚，犹如美与恶的食物，言语的巧拙，不过如杯盘的精粗，不论杯盘精粗，都能盛这两类食物。

种一棵树最好的时间是20年前，第二好的时间是现在。

心灵是一个不断适应环境的动态系统。

农民的智慧常常超越最新技术——我们必须学会倾听。

真相往往是丑陋的，但它必须被说出来。