我不定义任何东西，不管是美，还是爱国。每件事在我眼里该是什么就是什么，没有什么优先规则使之应该成为什么。

There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.

所以根基树立不牢的人，不要期望有茂盛的枝叶。

【释义】回归到原本的质朴纯真状态，就可以终身不受辱。

出于自然这个造物主手中的一切都是善的，到了人手中才变成了恶。

So given a Time Turner, I would tell my 21-year-old self that personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a check-list of acquisition or achievement. Your qualifications, your CV, are not your life, though you will meet many people of my age and older who confuse the two. Life is difficult, and complicated, and beyond anyone’s total control, and the humility to know that will enable you to survive its vicissitudes.

因害怕文字狱而避开，著书只是为了谋生。

"The major threats to survival that our ancestors faced - predators, starvation, disease - left their mark on our fears and anxieties."