The greatest threat to democracy is not from external enemies but from internal decay and the loss of civic virtue.
对民主的最大威胁不是来自外部敌人,而是来自内部腐败和公民美德的丧失。
The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees oneself.
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。
The key to speed reading is not reading faster, but understanding faster.