A poet must be like a tree, rooted in his native soil, drawing nourishment from it to bear fruit.

你必须相信你制定的长期计划，但你需要短期目标来激励和启发你。

The only time success comes before work is in the dictionary.

The idea that we will make a society where literally everybody is graded, the good at the top, bad at the bottom, exactly done as it should be, is impossible. There are simply too many random factors: accidents, accidents of birth, accidents of things dropping on people's heads, illnesses, etc. We will never get to grade them, never get to grade people as they should.