解释：天地没有完美的功效，圣人没有完备的能力，万物没有完备的用途。
正派人的话，明明知道了为了我好，内心感激却未必高兴；奸邪人的话，明明知道是在奉承我，但听着十分顺耳，所以未必生气。由此可知听取忠言是多么艰难。
历史的终结将是一个非常悲伤的时刻。为纯粹抽象目标而奋斗、愿意冒生命危险的斗争，以及激发勇气、想象力、理想主义的全球意识形态斗争，将被经济计算、无休止的技术问题解决、环境关注和复杂消费需求的满足所取代。
The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.
沙漠不仅仅是一个地方；它是一种心境，是想象力的广阔画布。
All behavior is ultimately reducible to physical and chemical processes.
What we do inwardly will change outer reality.
"Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller."
You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.
You have to grind when no one else is grinding so you can shine when no one else is shining.
