I've learned that failure is just part of the process, and you can't let it define you.

诗不是情感的放纵，而是情感的逃避；不是个性的表达，而是个性的逃避。

【释义】君子常思虑长远的大事，时时反躬自省，就没有眼前突来的祸患。

在计算的舞蹈中，每一步、每一个决定都是支配数字宇宙的基本原则的反映。

At that age， I'd take any excuse to make estimates and do minor arithmetic. I'd calculate our gas mileage -- figure out useless statistics on things like grocery spending. I'd been hearing an ad campaign about smoking. I can't remember the details， but basically the ad said， every puff of a cigarette takes some number of minutes off of your life: I think it might have been two minutes per puff. At any rate， I decided to do the math for my grandmother. I estimated the number of cigarettes per days， estimated the number of puffs per cigarette and so on. When I was satisfied that I'd come up with a reasonable number， I poked my head into the front of the car， tapped my grandmother on the shoulder， and proudly proclaimed， "At two minutes per puff， you've taken nine years off your life！"