I don’t need a reason to be happy.

You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.

The idea is to create a landscape that you can move through.

出自先秦《荀子·大略》。嘴巴说好话，行动做坏事，这是国家的妖孽。这是对那些口是心非、伪善无耻之徒的斥责之语。