The thing about happiness is that you only know you had it when it's gone.

如果你想取得真正的进步，就必须愿意挑战现状。

Personality can change more in your 20s than at any other time in life.

我不是一个完美的人，我从来没有声称过。但我每天都在努力变得比昨天更好。

我相信小说有揭示生活更深层真相的力量。

【译文】 子贡说：“贫穷却不阿谀奉承，富贵却不狂妄自大，怎样？”孔子说：“可以。不如穷得有志气，富得有涵养的人。”子贡说：“修养的完善，如同玉器的加工：切了再磋，琢了再磨，对吧？”孔子说：“子贡啊，现在可以与你谈诗了。说到过去，你就知道未来。”

The goal is not to build more, but to build better.

The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes—or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little hour or two—is gone.