Not necessarily your mother, or indeed mine, but, as it were, the ideal mother, somebody who doesn't care about your achievements. Unfortunately, most people are not our mothers. Most people make a strict correlation between how much time, and if you like, love -- not romantic love, though that may be something -- but love in general, respect --they are willing to accord us, that will be strictly defined by our position in the social hierarchy.

译文：要有所获取，就一定要有所舍弃，要有所禁止，就一定要有所宽容。赏析：人生没有完美的事情，世间的所有好事不可能都让我们占完，总是有舍才有取，有失才有得。禁止就是不可为，宽容就是我们对待别人要圆滑。

每天早上醒来，我都会对自己说：“活着就是一种幸福。”