Stay true to yourself no matter what

Time isn't a line; it's a dimension, like the dimensions of space.

The ideas of economists and political philosophers， both when they are right and when they are wrong， are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men， who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence， are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.

I write fiction and I'm told it's autobiography, I write autobiography and I'm told it's fiction, so since I'm so dim and they're so smart, let them decide what it is or it isn't.

In oil and gas, the only constant is change—those who adapt thrive, those who resist fade away.

君子的本性跟一般人没什么不同，（只是君子）善于借助外物罢了。