未来是我们能够塑造的东西，而不仅仅是发生在我们身上的事情。
The future is something we can shape, not just something that happens to us.
不是要成为最好的，而是要变得比昨天更好。
译文：先从忧患方面考虑事情的人，就会享受到乐事，一时的操劳辛苦是永远安逸的开始。赏析：我们做事要有忧患意识，要有先苦后甜的意识，如果只图安逸快乐，就是祸患的开始。
I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life. To put to rout all that was not life. And not, when I had come to die, discover that I had not lived.
写作的行为是一种爱的行为。
Every fish we farm sustainably is a step toward a healthier planet.
The more absurd the world becomes, the more necessary it is to create a sense of order.