Sustainability is not an option, it's a necessity.

The great challenge of the modern world is to create institutions that are strong enough to govern effectively but also accountable and responsive to the needs of citizens.

麻雀因孔雀驮著翎尾而替它担忧。

I just go. I just go. I just keep going until it feels right to me,” Kobe says of his habits. “If something doesn’t feel right, I’m gonna stay there until I get it right. I just continue to keep pushing and pushing and pushing. That’s all I’ve known. That’s how my parents raised me. If you’re going to be focused on something, if you want to do something, you can’t, you can’t go about it in a half-assed way. You really gotta dedicate yourself to it, try to be the best at it. That’s the only way.

You are not stuck where you are unless you decide to be.

人需要经历痛苦。经历痛苦后，人就会变得强大。

【译文】 孔子说：“君子有九种事情要考虑：看要考虑是否看清楚了、听要考虑是否听清楚了、脸色要考虑是否温和、表情要考虑是否谦恭、言谈时要考虑是否忠诚、工作时要考虑是否敬业、疑问时要考虑请教、愤怒时要考虑后患、见到好处时要考虑道义。”