在明亮的白昼要像雄狼一样深沉细心！在黑暗的夜里，要像乌鸦一样，有坚强的忍耐力！.…

子规啼，不如归，道是春归人未归。.…

少年经不得顺境，中年经不得闲境，晚年经不得逆境。.…

道不同，不相为谋。.…

祸与福同门，利与害同城。.…

远水难救近火，远亲不如近邻。.…

宁可数日不开仗，不可开仗而毫无安排算计。.…

焦首朝朝还暮暮，煎心日日复年年。.…

秋来满山多秀色，春来无处不花香。.…

非淡泊无以明志，非宁静无以致远。.…

一朝权在手，便把令来行。.…

君子事来而心始现，事去而心随空。.…

凡是要好，须问三老。.…

善治财者，养其所自来，而收其所有余，故用之不竭，而上下交足也。.…

善观敌者，当逆知其所始；善制敌者，当先去其所恃。.…

衙斋卧听萧萧竹，疑是民间疾苦声。些小吾曹州县吏，一枝一叶总关情。.…

民之难治，以其智多。故以智治国，国之贼。不以智治国，国之福。.…

不素养士而欲求贤，譬犹不琢玉而求文采也。.…

不经一事，不长一智。.…

物舍其所长，之其所短，尧亦有所不及矣。.…

邪正看眼鼻，真假看嘴唇，功名看气概，富贵看精神，主意看指爪，风波看脚筋，若要看条理，全在语言中。.…

背灯和月就花阴，已是十年踪迹十年心。.…

夫兵形象水，水之行避高而趋下，兵之形避实而击虚；水因地而制流，兵因敌而制胜。.…

天地所以能长且久者，以其不自生，故能长生。.…

不怨天，不尤人。.…

恶莫大于毁人之善，德莫大于白人之冤。.…

谁人背后无人说，哪个人前不说人。.…

道可道，非常道；名可名，非常名。.…

致虚极，守静笃。万物并作，吾以观其复。.…

快里须斟酌，耽误莫迟春。.…

盖有不知而作之者，我无是也。多闻则其善者而从之，多见而识之，知之次也。.…

不可以一时之誉，断其为君子，不呆以一时之谤，断其为小人。.…

一杯闷酒尊前过，低首无言自摧挫。.…

人怕三见面，树怕一墨线。.…

蒙养之始，以德育为先。.…

恰不道“人到中年万事休”，我怎肯虚度了春秋？.…

春宵一刻天长久，人前怎解芙蓉扣。.…

吾自出茅庐，战无不胜，攻无不取。汝蛮邦之人，何为不服？.…

人无喜色休开店，事不遂心莫怨天。.…

朽木，不可雕也，粪土之墙，不可圬也。于予与何诛？.…

A lot of writers dream of feature films, but television - by way of TNT, CBS, Lifetime, and Hallmark Hall of Fame - has always called my name. And after seeing 'True Detective,' can there be any doubt that the storytelling on TV is as genius as it gets?

I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.

I have a sweet tooth. Milk chocolate with the caramel fillings — that’s my guilty pleasure right there. But I think that’s all right, we have to let ourselves indulge sometimes.

I have a funny relationship with religion. I'm a big believer in ritualistic behavior as long as it doesn't hurt anybody. But I'm not a big fan of rules. And yet, we cannot live in a world without order.

In order to be able to write a good joke, you have to find the truth.

When you have a problem, rules don't solve your problem. It's caring and education.

It's not pleasant when you lose your whole football team.

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom.

My parents always told me that if you want something, you can do whatever you have to do to get it. As long as it's not against someone else.