So what I want to argue for is not that we should give up on our ideas of success, but we should make sure that they are our own. We should focus in on our ideas, and make sure that we own them; that we are truly the authors of our own ambitions. Because it's bad enough not getting what you want, but it's even worse to have an idea of what it is you want, and find out, at the end of the journey, that it isn't, in fact, what you wanted all along.
我想说的是,我们不该放弃,我们对成功的想象,但必须确定那些都是我们自己想要的,我们应该专注于我们自己的目标,确定这目标是我们真正想要的,确定这个梦想蓝图出自自己笔下。因为得不到自己想要的已经够糟糕了,更糟糕的是,在人生旅程的终点,发觉你所追求的从来就不是你真正想要的。
理解生命的唯一方式是去经历它。
If you can dream it, you can achieve it
《要图工人经济生活的安全幸福》,1919年6月
Mathematics is not about numbers, equations, computations, or algorithms: it is about understanding.
不要以为世界上的人都在关心你的事。你是不是以为人人都在盯着你?其实,各人有各人的烦心事,没人管你这档事儿。
在你合适的年龄读到的故事永远不会完全离开你。你可能会忘记是谁写的或者故事叫什么名字。有时候你会忘记具体发生了什么,但如果一个故事触动了你,它会一直伴随着你,萦绕在你脑海中那些你很少去的地方。
我从来不想成为主流。
重要的不是你打得有多重,而是你能承受多大的打击并继续前进。
The dead have left us clues in their DNA.