可与言而不与之言，失人。不可与言而与之言，失言。知者不失人，亦不失言。
可以同他交谈却没有交谈，这是错过了人才。不可以同他交谈却要同他交谈，这是白费口舌。聪明的人既不错过人才，又不浪费语言。
每一次失败都离答案更近一步。
Don’t take it personally when someone turns you down. Assume they are like you: busy， occupied， distracted. Try again later. It’s amazing how often a second try works.
The African artist is not a representative but an individual voice.
永远不要停止学习，因为世界从未停止变化。
教育所要求的只有一项：通过孩子的内在力量来达到自我的学习。
"I don't believe in happy endings. Life doesn't have them, so why should literature?"