The most successful societies in the world are those that have managed to create a balance between the state, the market, and civil society.

I think we have gone through a period when too many children and people have been given to understand 'I have a problem, it is the Government's job to cope with it!' or 'I have a problem, I will go and get a grant to cope with it!' 'I am homeless, the Government must house me!' and so they are casting their problems on society and who is society? There is no such thing! There are individual men and women and there are families and no government can do anything except through people and people look to themselves first.

Sustainability isn't a trend; it's a responsibility we owe to future generations.

不经过一年中最寒冷的时候，无法知道松柏是最后凋谢的；不经过艰难的考验，无法知道一个人是不是真正的君子。

大海不拒绝各种各样的水，所以才能成就它的博大；大山不拒绝形形色色的土石，所以才能成就它的高峻；贤明的君主不嫌弃百姓，所以能够聚集众多的臣民；读书人不厌倦学习，所以能达到圣贤的境界。