译文：即使是钝刀，也希望能有一次锋利的机会；梦想着施展抱负，实现宏伟的计划。

故事是一份不断给予的礼物。

我们所相信的观念，并非是事物真实的本质，而只是它们表面的样貌。

你无法控制海浪，但你可以学会在任何天气中航行。

The idea that we will make a society where literally everybody is graded, the good at the top, bad at the bottom, exactly done as it should be, is impossible. There are simply too many random factors: accidents, accidents of birth, accidents of things dropping on people's heads, illnesses, etc. We will never get to grade them, never get to grade people as they should.

每一幅带着感情绘制的肖像都是艺术家的自画像，而非模特的肖像。

Profit and purpose are not opposites; they must go hand in hand.

The instinct to fear risk forces the poor to take bigger risks.