A tranquil soul is wiser than a distracted one.
翻译：智慧遍及万物，用道来救济天下。
圣人不期望完全效法古代，不墨守一成不变的旧规。
Women select men. That makes them nature, because nature is what selects. And you can say "Well it's only symbolic that women are nature", it's like no, it's not just symbolic. The woman is the gatekeeper to reproductive success. And you can't get more like nature than that, in fact it's the very definition of nature.
The hard part about writing a novel is finishing it.
The poet is the weaver of dreams.