People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don't find myself saying, "Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner." I don't try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.

A man who does not keep his word is no man at all.

The great powers are always searching for opportunities to gain power at the expense of their rivals, and they will use force if they believe it will bring them strategic advantage.

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.

"In luxury, you have to dream. If you don’t dream, you don’t create."

译文：人生要及时行乐，等到老了再看花，只会觉得凄凉。