It is only shallow peoplewho require years to get rid of an emotion. A man who is master of himself, can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure.
唯有浅薄的人需要用数年挣脱一种情感。一个人当得了自己的主人，便可轻易终结哀伤，轻易制造快乐。
The architect's task is to make the world a more beautiful place.
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.
所以,储备是国家最重要的事；粮食是国家的宝物；武器是国家的利爪；城池是守卫国家的屏障。
I don't compete with anyone but myself.
The novel is a great discovery: far greater than Galileo's telescope or somebody else's wireless. The novel is the highest form of human expression so far attained. Why? Because it is so incapable of the absolute.
世界是一本书，不旅行的人只读了一页。
The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.