思想的存在是为了服务行动，而不仅仅是反映现实。
"Thought exists to serve action, not merely to reflect reality."
作家就是那种花上数年耐心地试图发现自己内心第二个存在的人，以及那个造就了他的世界。
I’m not afraid to take the road less traveled.
最大的智慧是知道自己一无所知。
I think that one should recognize the reality even when one doesn't like it; indeed, especially when one doesn't like it.
读书人不能不心胸宽广意志刚强，因为肩负重任而且征途遥远。他把实现仁的理想作为自己的使命，担子难道不重吗？他为这种理想而奋斗，直到死去为止，路途难道不远吗？
The more we love our friends， the less we flatter them； it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.
Both incentives and punishments elicit powerful responses.