The best leaders are those who can see the potential in others before they see it in themselves.

But the old man thought only of his steering and his great tiredness. He had gone out too far and the sharks had beaten him. He knew they would leave him nothing but the stripped skeleton of his great catch.

I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't, and then tries the short story, which is the most demanding form after poetry. And, failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing.

孔子说：“将知识默记在心，学习时，不感到满足；教人时，不感到疲倦，对我来说没什么问题。”