"Theologians talk about a prevenient grace that precedes grace itself and allows us to accept it. I think there must also be a prevenient courage that allows us to be brave - that is, to acknowledge that there is more beauty than our eyes can bear, that precious things have been put into our hands and to do nothing to honor them is to do great harm."

这只鹰是我想要成为的一切：孤独、自制、远离悲伤，对人类生活的伤害麻木不仁。

生活是一场在不稳定舞台上表演的悲喜剧。

未来不是我们进入的，未来是我们创造的。

分发奖赏的人不要怀有私恩，行使惩罚权力的人也不要带有私怨。

海洋不属于任何一个国家；它是一种需要全球管理的共享资源。

因此美名归于君主，而仇怨由臣下担当；安乐归于君主，而忧患由臣下担当。这就是墨翟所说的忠臣。 

The earth is just a dot in the universe.

I think that the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of course - is her hairdresser.