The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur.

Optimism is a learned skill.

The writer's task is not to judge, but to understand.

儿童教育是人类最重要的一个问题。

I mistrust reality, but I trust the painting.

I'm mentioning all this -- I'm mentioning all this because I think this is not merely a personal problem; you may think I'm wrong in this, but I think we live in an age when our lives are regularly punctuated by career crises, by moments when what we thought we knew -- about our lives, about our careers -- comes into contact with a threatening sort of reality.

"The past is always present in the stories we tell."

我是那种会让你想打你妈妈的人。

I've learned that you can't control everything, but you can control how you react to it.