Literature isn't a moral beauty contest.
The unity of Europe is a historical necessity.
The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.
所有的事物都是因缘而生，当因缘消失时，事物也随之消失。
The deepest theorems often have the simplest proofs - if you look at them from the right angle.
Drawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make.
The political liberty of the subject is a tranquility of mind arising from the opinion each person has of his safety.