Poverty is not inevitable; it's a solvable problem.
贫困并非不可避免；它是一个可以解决的问题。
The genome is a graveyard of extinct species.
The artist must be a mirror of the cosmos.
To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes.
写作是为了对抗沉默与遗忘。
【译文】 子贡问怎样实现仁，孔子说：“工人要做好工，必先磨好工具。生活在那里，就要追随那里的品德高尚的领导，结交那里的仁义之士。”
That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.