States are rational actors, and they will always act in their own self-interest.
国家是理性的行为者，他们总是会按照自己的利益行事。
成功不是终点，失败也不是致命的：重要的是继续前进的勇气。
The more acute the experience, the less articulate its expression.
I've always been drawn to characters who are on the edge, who are struggling with something.
我还没有达到我想要的目标，但我已经不在原来的地方了。
The only certainty is uncertainty.
The most controversial thing I have ever done is to stick around.
现代教育者的任务不是砍伐丛林，而是灌溉沙漠。
译文：人世间能够享有千金产业的，一定是个拥有千金福报的人；享有百金产业的，也必定是有百金福报的人；遭到饿死的，也绝对是命中注定应遭饿死果报的人。上天只不过是就每个人所造作的善恶质性，厚实恰当地来对待他，使他获得应有的结果而已，何曾加上一丝毫喜好或厌恶的念头?
To be a moral human being is to pay, be obliged to pay, certain kinds of attention.
