The opportunity does not go hand in hand, so when they come, you’d better hold them.

Innovation is not a choice, but a necessity for survival.

每个艺术家都是食人族，每个诗人都是小偷。他们都扼杀自己的灵感，歌唱悲伤。

The truth is, I am a bad liar. But I am a good listener.

在一个国家中，一个公民的自由是对其他人的威胁。

我们都是自己经历的囚徒，而自由的关键在于理解这些经历。

"Memory is a strange thing. It doesn't work as I thought it did. We are so foolishly constructed that we go through life arm in arm with our earliest memories, thinking they are the most recent."

正派人的话，明明知道了为了我好，内心感激却未必高兴；奸邪人的话，明明知道是在奉承我，但听着十分顺耳，所以未必生气。由此可知听取忠言是多么艰难。

译文：用责备外人的心态责备自己，用宽恕自己的心态宽恕别人。赏析：严于律己，宽以待人。严格要求自己才能服众，宽恕别人就会赢得他人的尊重。