Reputation is an idle and most false imposition: oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.

最好的书为读者的想象力留出空间。

山上有玉那么那山上的草木都很润泽，水里有宝珠连河岸也不那么干枯。只要自身修养足够好，光芒总是遮掩不住的。有时候觉得自己做得很好了，可还是没人理解，因觉得“埋没”了自己而委屈不平。其实是自己做得还不到位，还需再接再厉，善行积累多了，自然就会得到认可。

预测未来的最好方法就是去创造它。

如果一个人以他的财富为骄傲，那么要看他如何运用财富，才知道他是否应该被称赞。

When you focus on doing what's right rather than what's easy, success follows naturally.

That is what we have to do in life: to take the great wounds and the little scratches and keep on going.