The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after generation.

善良是一种聋人能听见、盲人能看见的语言。

孔子说：“我想不说话。”子贡说：“您如果不说话，谁教我们呢？”孔子说：“天说过什么？天不说话，照样四季运行，百物生长，天说过什么？”

I don’t ask writers about their work habits. I really don’t care. Joyce Carol Oates says somewhere that when writers ask each other what time they start working and when they finish and how much time they take for lunch, they’re actually trying to find out, ‘Is he as crazy as I am?’ I don’t need that question answered.

我由衷地高兴，我的任期即将结束。

预测未来的唯一方法是创造未来。