年轻时，你以为世界是一个可以随心所欲生活的地方。但随着年龄增长，你意识到世界是一个你必须按照必须的方式生活的地方。
When you are young, you think that the world is a place where you can live as you choose. But as you get older, you realize that the world is a place where you have to live as you must.
Liberal democracy may constitute the "end point of mankind's ideological evolution" and the "final form of human government," and as such constituted the "end of history."
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Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
我不会为了你舍弃世界。但是，我也不会为了世界舍弃你。
Success is not measured by profits alone, but by the positive impact we create.