我觉得自己先是一个诗人，然后才是个音乐家。我活着像个诗人，死后也还是个诗人。

即使在最黑暗的时刻，幸福也有迹可循，只要记得点亮灯。

I'm drawn to a lovely quote by St. Augustine in "The City of God," where he says, "It's a sin to judge any man by his post." In modern English that would mean it's a sinto come to any view of who you should talk to, dependent on their business card. It's not the post that should count. According to St. Augustine, only God can really put everybody in their place; he's going to do that on the Day of Judgment, with angels and trumpets, and the skies will open. Insane idea, if you're a secularist person, like me. But something very valuable in that idea, nevertheless.

一个恶徒的犯罪思想也比天堂里的奇迹更伟大，更崇高。

The power of organocatalysis is that it often provides surprisingly simple solutions to complex problems.