Productivity metrics that ignore environmental impact are accounting tricks, not real progress.

Life does not ask what we want. It presents us with options.

有效的外交策略是建立在信任、合作和共同利益的基础上的。

译文：为人处世必须以忠厚老实的人为效仿对象，传承家业必须要把勤俭节约的习惯传给子孙后代。赏析：忠厚老实之人做事有自己的原则，他们不会耍心机，不会算计别人，这样的人值得我们尊重。不管是富贵或是贫穷，我们都应把勤俭节约的习惯放在心头。贫穷时不节俭，会更加贫穷，富贵时不节俭，万贯家财都会被败光。

You have to believe in yourself, even when no one else does.

"The act of writing is an act of courage, a defiance against the void."