Quotes

First they came for the Communists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Communist

Then they came for the Socialists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Socialist

Then they came for the trade unionists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a trade unionist

Then they came for the Jews

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Jew

Then they came for me

And there was no one left

To speak out for me

起初他们追杀共产党，我没有说话——因为我不是共产党；

后来他们追杀社民党，我没有说话——因为我不是社民党；

接著他们追杀工会成员，我没有说话——因为我不是工会成员；

此后他们追杀犹太人，我没有说话——因为我不是犹太人；

最后他们奔我而来，却再也没有人站起来为我说话了。

I do not choose to be a common man,

It is my right to be uncommon…if I can,

I seek opportunity…not security.

I do not wish to be a kept citizen,

Humbled and dulled by having the state look after me.

I want to take the calculated risk;

To dream and to build,

To fail and to succeed.

I refuse to barter incentive for a dole;

I prefer the challenges of life

To the guaranteed existence;

The thrill of fulfillment

To the state of calm Utopia.

I will not trade freedom for beneficence

Nor my dignity for a handout.

I will never cower before any master

Nor bend to any threat.

It is my heritage to stand erect,

Proud and unafraid;

To think and act for myself,

To enjoy the benefit of my creations

And to face the world boldly and say:

This, with God’s help, I have done.

All this is what it meant

To be an Entrepreneur.

The mossy marbles rest

On the lips that he has prest

In their bloom,

And the names he loved to hear

Have been carved for many a year

On the tomb.

布满青苔的石板，

盖在他曾亲吻的芳唇上，

多年以前镌刻墓碑的，

是他心爱的人的名字。

中国的好多体制就像一堵墙，上面挖了许多狗洞，然后让我们钻狗洞。

中国作协成功地将一批批野狗驯化成家狗不算，还成了走狗。

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.

You don't make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.

One day you’ll leave this world behind. So live a life you will remember.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.

现在有人对你们说：＂牺牲你们个人的自由，去求国家的自由！＂我要对你们说：＂争取个人的自由，就是争取国家的自由；争取个人的人格，就是争取国家的国格。自由平等的国家不是一群奴才建造得起来的！＂

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.

The attempt to make heaven on earth invariably produces hell.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

我们浪费掉了太多的青春。那是一段如此自以为是，又如此狼狈不堪的青春岁月。有欢笑，也有泪水；有朝气，也有颓废；有甜蜜，也有荒唐；有自信，也有迷茫。我们敏感，我们偏执，我们顽固到底故作坚强；我们轻易地伤害别人，也轻易地被别人所伤；我们追逐于颓废的快乐，陶醉于寂寞的美丽；我们坚信自己与众不同，坚信世界会因我而改变；我们觉醒，其实我们已经不再年轻，我们的前途或许也不再是无限的。其实它又可曾是无限的？曾经在某一瞬间，我们都以为自己长大了。但是有一天，我们终于发现，长大的含义除了欲望，还有勇气、责任和坚强，以及某种必须的牺牲。在生活面前我们还都是孩子，其实我们从未长大，还不懂得爱和被爱。

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.