The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

The only way to deal with chaos is to embrace it.

True sustainability means leaving the land better than we found it for future generations.

表演的本质是真实，而对真实的追求是永无止境的。

In the end, we are all just stories.

——致书蒋介石，1920年10月29日

Look at me.We all have marks on our face. I have this wrinkle here from your first surgery.I have these wrinkles here from your last surgery. This is the map that shows us where we’ve going.And this is the map that shows us where we’ve been.And it’s never ever ugly.

自由政府的唯一准则应该是不要信任任何拥有权力的人，以免危及公共自由。

The novel is not just a mirror to the world, but a hammer with which to shape it.

我要做我想做的事。我要成为真正的自己。我要弄清楚那是什么。