解释：对社会有用的，创作百篇也没有害处；对社会无用的，写一章也没有好处。

Art is not a mirror to reflect the world, but a hammer with which to shape it.

最大的安逸，就是知足乐和；最大的危险，就是多言致祸；最为可贵的，就是无欲无求；最为卑贱的，就是贪欲过多；最大的快乐，就是乐善好施；最大的痛悔，就是贪图钱财；最大的长处，就是足智多谋；最大的短处，就是自负自矜；最大的聪明，就是体察天功，最大的昏暗，就是不明征兆。

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.

The true measure of a civilization is how it treats its weakest members.

存在就是与他人、与时间、与未知对话。