You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

实现明天理想的唯一限制是我们今天的疑虑。

除非你先成为读者，否则你无法成为作家。

Many will call me an adventurer, and that I am... only one of a different sort: one who risks his skin to prove his truths.

我生来就会犯错，而不是假装完美。

没有听到不如亲耳听到，亲耳听到不如亲眼见到，亲眼见到不如清楚知道，清楚知道不如亲自实践。

译文：奉承的话顺从了人的内心容易让人高兴，直率的话不能接受让人容易发怒。赏析：奉承的话虽然好听，但能让人迷失自我，直率的话虽然逆耳，但能让人清醒。我们少听阿谀的谗言，多听直率的忠言。