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。

Innovation comes from challenging the status quo and being willing to take risks.

【原文】冉求曰：“非不悦子之道，力不足也。”子曰：“力不足者，中道而废，今汝划。”【译文】冉求说：“我不是不喜欢您的学说，而是我的能力不足。”孔子说：“如果是能力不足的话，是走到中途才废弃而停止，但现在你还没开始，就给自己划了一条截止的界限而停止前进了。”

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view."

We're told, from many sources, that any onecan achieve anything. We've done away with the caste system, we are now in a system where anyone can rise to any position they please. And it's a beautiful idea. Along with that is a kind of spirit of equality; we're all basically equal. There are no strictly defined hierarchies. There is one really big problem with this, and that problem is envy.