我不与任何人竞争，只与自己竞争。我的目标是超越我上一次的表现。

There's a real correlation between a society that tells people that they can do anything, and the existence of low self-esteem. So that's another way in which something quite positive can have a nasty kickback. There is another reason why we might be feeling more anxious --about our careers, about our status in the world today, than ever before. And it's, again, linked to something nice. And that nice thing is called meritocracy.

"The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created—created first in the mind and will, created next in activity."

我最大的焦虑来自于担心无法以理想的方式完成我承担的工作。

Every mental state corresponds to a specific brain state.

没有死亡，女儿。人们只有在被遗忘时才会真正死去。