孔子曰：“生而知之者，上也；學而知之者，次也；困而學之，又其次也；困而不學，民斯為下矣。”
【譯文】 孔子說：“生來就知道的，是上等人；學習后才知道的，是二等人；遇到困難才學習的，是三等人；遇到困難也不學習的，這就是下等人了。”
"Every civilization is built on the bones of another."
The brain is an enchanted loom where millions of flashing shuttles weave a dissolving pattern.
奢侈者常嫌不夠富足，節儉者雖貧窮卻有余藏；奢侈者心常常貧困，節儉者的心常常富貴。
The first man who， having fenced in a piece of land， said 'This is mine，' and found people na?ve enough to believe him， that man was the true founder of civil society.