And while most Germans pass their days cursing the ineffectualness of the government or the lack of meaningful reform, he merely says patiently, "If the time's not right, what you seek will not come."
甚至，當德國老百姓整天怨聲載道，人人痛罵政府無能、改革不力時，葉翰教授卻意味深長地說：「時機未到，強求不來」。