从正确的事情开始，而不是从可接受的事情开始。
Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.
你讲说他人的不善之处，如果这种说法造成了后来的麻烦，你应当怎样去对待呢？
我希望我的书能帮助孩子们以不同的方式看待世界，注意到那些微小的细节和隐藏的意义。
大国政治的悲剧在于它导致冲突和战争。