The teacher must believe in the potential of his students. He must see in each one of them a spark of the divine fire.
我很有竞争力和雄心,但我没有成为第一的欲望。我只想做真正有趣的工作并挑战自己。
我不追逐潮流,我创造潮流。
——《致郑藻如书》(1890年)