I'm a fighter, I don't give up.

The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.  

语言的弱点不是控制语言的弱点，而是控制变化梯度的力量：las，语言永远不会脱离其胚囊。

我们不仅继承了父母的特征，还继承了他们的沉默。

A picture held us captive. And we could not get outside it, for it lay in our language and language seemed to repeat it to us inexorably.

译文：一句话说得不对，就能招致大祸，所以古人就知道守口如瓶，谨言慎行，就是害怕遭受杀身之祸；行为不检点，有失分寸，就能毁坏名节，所以古人就知道守身如玉，端正行为，就是害怕品行有污点瑕疵。赏析：口不择言，祸就会从口出，轻则得罪他人，重则招致杀身之祸。逢人且说三分话，未可全抛一片心。一个人在说任何话做任何事之前，必须要考虑后果。