A writer's life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don't have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it. But it is true to say that you are open to all the winds, some of them icy indeed. You are out on your own, out on a limb. You find no shelter, no protection — unless you lie — in which case of course you have constructed your own protection and, it could be argued, become a politician.
Responsible mining is not an option, it's an obligation we owe to our planet and future generations.
Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary.
幸:追求,希求。斯:这样。干:追求。不追求福运,就不会有灾祸;不计较所得,就不会有失去;不追求荣耀,就不会遭到辱没;不企冀美名,就不会遭到诋毁。