读书人要为子孙营造福祉而不是祈求福祉。严谨家规，崇尚俭朴，教导耕田读书，累积陰德，这就是营造福祉。广积土地房屋，拉拢关系争取利益，买卖功名，这就是求福祉。营造福祉的，平淡而长久；祈求福祉的，浓郁却短暂。
It's not what happens to us， but our response to what happens to us that hurts us.
The artist's role is to question, not to answer.
艺术不是你看到的，而是你让别人看到的。
To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches.
He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that.