The only way to get to the other side is to go through the door.
到达另一边的唯一方法就是穿过那扇门。
旋风不能奏出动听的音乐；心灵手巧的妇人未必能够主持好饮食家务；（只会）做文章的读书人不能够治理好国家。
文学和科学相比，的确没什么用处，但文学最大的用处，也许就是它没有用处。
I’m not a theorist. I’m not an intellectual. I go by my nose.
I'm not a creature of your government's creation. I'm not a creature of any government's creation. I answer to a higher power, and that higher power is music.
——〈在广州农民运动讲习所第一届毕业礼演说〉，对讲习所学员发出警告，无法在中国发动阶级斗争，反之应该要用平和方法，以合作为诉求，1924年8月21日
I don't think that you have any insight whatsoever into your capacity for good until you have some well-developed insight into your capacity for evil.