A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.
"In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs."
做官的人应为肩负天下重任而养身,而不是为私家小利惜身。省却嗜好欲念,减除烦恼忧虑,戒除愤怒,节制饮食,这就是养身。计较得失利益,规避辛劳哀怨,营造住宅房舍,以妻子儿女为重,这就是惜身。养生的人,不妄为而大方;惜身的人,腥膻而琐碎。
痛苦可以摧毁一个人,也可以塑造一个人。
I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.