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.

两个相爱的人，独自与世界隔绝，这是美丽的。

谋划先于行动，就会繁荣昌盛；行动先于谋划，就会失败灭亡。点评：《中庸》曾言「凡事豫则立，不豫则废。」没有事先的计划和准备，做事情很难成功的。

Happiness requires both pleasure and purpose - neither alone is sufficient.

Technology should serve the land, not dominate it.

I'm mentioning all this -- I'm mentioning all this because I think this is not merely a personal problem; you may think I'm wrong in this, but I think we live in an age when our lives are regularly punctuated by career crises, by moments when what we thought we knew -- about our lives, about our careers -- comes into contact with a threatening sort of reality.

被管理的森林就像交响乐，每棵树都在正确的时间扮演自己的角色。