Poetry is perhaps what teaches us to nurture the charming illusion: how to be reborn out of ourselves over and over again, and use words to construct a better world, a fictitious world that enables us to sign a pact for a permanent and comprehensive peace ... with life.

The path to success is paved with calculated risks and relentless effort.

行动要果断有力，修养要不断磨练。

不是关于想法，而是关于实现想法。

"Truth is like poetry. And most people fucking hate poetry."

格言是智慧耐用的替代品。

I don’t need a gun to get respect on the street.

Take one simple thing — almost anything — but take it extremely seriously， as if it was the only thing in the world， or maybe the entire world is in it — and by taking it seriously you’ll light up the sky.