事实上，中国文化中所谓受命于“天”也不是、至少不完全是超越性的宗教概念，而带有浓厚的世俗色彩。“天人合一”、“天听自我民听”，“天”更多的是此岸而不是彼岸的东西，“天意”常常被解释为人心、民意。

美的真谛应该是和谐。这种和谐体现在人身上，就造就了人的美；表现在物上，就造就了物的美；融汇在环境中，就造就了环境的美。

世间最平和的快乐就是静观天地与人世慢慢地品味出它的和谐。

幸福永远存在于人类不安的追求中，而不存在于和谐与稳定之中。

君子和而不同。

家必自毁，而后人毁之。

居家有二语，曰：惟怒则平情，惟俭则足用。

家和万事兴！

君子和而不同，小人同而不和。

我们说生命最重要的是和谐。我们所追求的和谐，并不是要消灭一切纷争与不和，使之平静得犹如一潭死水。实际上，生命是一种在动态里达到的均衡境界的过程。健康之人的气血就在不断地运动循环：春天让自己的气血向外生发，夏季长势喜人，秋季收获储备，冬季好好补养。

四季不断流转，人的气血也就随之经历了生、长、收、藏的运动过程，从而使人体气血充足，身体健康茁壮。我们身处的地球也处在不断运动之中，我们自身的小磁场要与地球大磁场相互应和，遵循宇宙间万事万物变化的规律，“天人合一”的智慧也在于此。

迷藏捉到这个地步，也不知捉的是谁，躲的又是谁，境由心生，境却不由书灭，黄粱一梦，窗外东方又大白，世上一日，书中千年，但觉天人合一，物我两忘，落花流水，天上人间。

善言天者，必验于人;善言人者，必本于天。

善摄生者，无犯日月之忌，无失岁时之和。

夫人禀五常，因风气而生长，风气虽能生万物，亦能害万物，如水能浮舟，亦能覆舟。

人是小乾坤，得阳则生，失阳则死。

天地之理，有开必有合;用药之机，有补必有泻。

医也者，顺天之时，测气之偏，适人之情，体物之理。

精是吾神，气是无道，藏精养气，保守坚真。

人生如天地，和煦则春，惨郁则秋。

春生夏长，秋收冬藏。

夫百病者，多以旦慧、昼安、夕加、夜甚。

日出而作，日入而息。

四时阴阳者，万物之根本也。

天复地载，万物悉备，莫贵于人。

人以天地之气生，四时之法成。

善言天者，必有验于人;善言古者，必有合于今;善言人者，必有厌于己。

细草微风岸,危樯独夜舟。星垂平野阔,月涌大江流。名岂文章著,官因老病休。飘飘何所似,天地一沙鸥。

I have a lot of characteristics that would normally be present in a guy and then less that would be present in a woman.

As an actor, you get a bit itchy to do something entirely different.

I've always disliked kamikazes, that is, people who commit suicide in order to kill others. Starting with the Japanese ones from World War II. I never considered them Pietro Miccas who torch the powder and go up with the citadel in order to block the arrival of the enemy troops at Torino. I never considered them soldiers.

It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results.

There are so many things to do in New York. I try to get to the theater and see some plays. I have a bicycle over here, and I ride around New York.

Solomon Northup is one of the most remarkable people I've ever encountered in my life; one of the most amazing stories I have ever been in any kind of contact with. To not tell that story would have been disgraceful, in my opinion.

The course of every intellectual, if he pursues his journey long and unflinchingly enough, ends in the obvious, from which the non-intellectuals have never stirred.

Spiritual men have taken into their head something that is to be realized. They have concepts of love, goodness, and the like, which they would like to see realized; therefore they want to set up a kingdom of love on earth, in which no one any longer acts from selfishness, but each one 'from love.' Love is to rule.

America is a place where you can succeed no matter who you are. I am proof of that. But you must work very hard and be willing to endure pain. You must set a goal and win in the marketplace no matter what the air temperature. You must pay the price for success.

To be humble is to be teachable.

A lot of times, working in stand up, you're by yourself, and so you just have to rely on yourself only... but I like working in an ensemble.

I try to pick interesting projects, the kind of projects that I would want to watch.

I'm the kind of person who, if I were living in another time, if I had to pick any time, I would probably be a pioneer. I just love the simplicity of what it means to work hard with your hands - to eat and survive.

What we do is we test what works on Wall Street. And sometimes it is earnings momentum, and sometimes it's earnings surprises. Sometimes it's price-to-sales cash flow, and then we put together our stock selection models.

Fandom is about fandom, it's a great big social club.

I'm an optimist. I'm hopeful.

When I'm done with a book, I always give it to someone with expertise in the topic and tell them to flag all of my stupid mistakes.

The world of women fascinates me, probably because my sister and I were always together as children in our mother's salon after school and after ballet classes. We used to talk about what we saw: the different ladies who would come in, all with their distinctive personalities.

The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.

I think a theater show is a pure version of me doing my material. The theater crowd is a bit more polite, there really aren't hecklers, and there are a lot of people there to see me, and they're excited about the jokes and hanging out with me for a show.

All my life I believed I became an athlete through my own determination, but it's impossible to think that being descended from slaves hasn't left an imprint through the generations. Difficult as it was to hear, slavery has benefited descendants like me - I believe there is a superior athletic gene in us.