We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.

外交的目标是通过合作和对话解决争端，推动和平与稳定的国际秩序。

你最好的工作将是那些你不太胜任的，因为它会促使你去挑战自我。实际上，你只应该申请那些你不太胜任的工作。

你能做的最好的投资就是投资自己。

——2002年6月温铁军在清华大学的一次讲座

Talent is the most valuable asset of a bank, and we must focus on cultivation and motivation.

There are no lines in nature, only areas of color, one against another.

一个理智的人在一个疯狂的社会里必须显得疯狂。

今天艺术的任务是将混乱带入秩序。

The present state of the system of nature is evidently a resultant of what it was in the preceding moment, and if we conceive of an intelligence which at a given instant comprehends all the relations of the entities of this universe, it could state the respective positions, motions, and general effects of all these entities at any time in the past or future.