追求声名的人必然会危害其自身，广积财富的人必然会给后代带来灾祸。行善作恶迟迟得不到报应，并不是上天疏忽大意，而是上天想成全君子而灭掉小人。灾祸和福祚是上天用来表示慈爱之心的手段，就像雷雨雪霜一样，都是为了培育滋养万物。所以君子担心有灾祸便恭敬戒惧，小人得了便宜便忘了危险。君子害怕祸来反而会招来福祉，小人以疏忽之心看待福祉反而会招来灾祸，这就是《左传》所说的「祸福没有定数，全由各人自召」。

I'm not afraid of hard work. I grew up in a family where hard work was a way of life.

Don't wait until they tell you, you are ready. Show it. Do it.

劳动可以使我们摆脱三大灾祸：寂寞恶习贫困。

What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth.

Mistakes can be corrected by those who pay attention to facts but dogmatism will not be corrected by those who are wedded to a vision.

Man can only be free through mastery of himself.

Aquaculture isn't the problem—it's part of the solution, if done right.