"I'm just a musician, man. I just want to play music."

In the end, we are all just stories, and it is up to us to make our stories worth telling.

The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive. You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity. Such knowledge is a true gift, for all that it is painfully won, and it has been worth more than any qualification I ever earned.

才华和优雅如果掌握得有分寸，总在一个人的举止和谈吐中被人觉察到，但是无需炫示出来。正像不必把你的帽子、裙子和缎带一下都穿戴上，为的是让别人知道你拥有这些东西。

一切都是美好的，没有任何伤害。

Overfishing is a problem we can solve—if we act now.

The city is a battleground where various forces collide, and architecture is the mediator of these conflicts.

学习数学的唯一方法就是做数学。

做出伟大工作的唯一方法就是热爱你所做的事情。