一个人的出身并不重要，重要的是他成长为什么样的人。

天要使一个人遭祸，必先给他一点小小的好处使他轻信；天要使一个人受福，必先给他一点小小的祸患使他有所警惕。

哲学不是一种学说，而是一种活动。

外交是通过妥协达成双赢的结果，而不是通过对抗来追求胜利。

Freedom does not consist in any dreamt-of independence from natural laws, but in the knowledge of these laws, and in the possibility this gives of systematically making them work towards definite ends.

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

生活是10%发生在我身上的事，90%是我如何应对它。