A painting must be beautiful in itself, not because it represents something beautiful.
一幅画本身必须美丽,而不是因为它代表美丽的事物。
Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.
我努力改了四十年,现在才刚刚控制住。我过去几乎每天都生气,乔,但我学会了不把它表露出来;我还希望学会不把它感觉出来,虽然可能有的花上四十年的功夫。
设定一个野心得荒谬的目标的好处是,上限足够高,这样即使最后失败了,以通常的标准来衡量也可以算某种程度上的成功。
"Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you."
故事的真正力量不在于它的情节,而在于它唤起的情感和引发的思考。
译文:人活着时想尽千方百计追求名利,一旦哪天死去万事都终结了。赏析:我们追求名利没有错,但不要把它看得太重。人生短短的几十年,活着本来就不容易,为了一点名利争个你死我活,到头来终是一场空。
如果人生能像初次见面那样美好,就不会有后来的离别和悲伤。