If you want to be given everything, give everything up.

Writing is a form of self-redemption.

Jazz taught me freedom, but life taught me soul.

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.

Everyone, when they are young, knows what their Personal Legend is. At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives.

译文：事情在得意时，要防止乐极生悲，说话高兴时，要防止言中有失。赏析：物极必反，当事物到达极点时就会朝着相反的方向发展。人生得意时，要低调做人，说话忘乎所以，就会招惹是非。

你越能将个人价值观与工作结合起来，你的生活就会越充实。

译文：做官清正廉洁，就不会失去节操和名望，爱护百姓，最重要的是要亲近他们。赏析：不管是做官还是处事，我们都要公正公平，心存善心，自然就有很多人亲近我，尊重我们。