The first erroneous assumption is that quality means goodness, or luxury, or shininess, or weight. Quality means conformance to requirements.

我们不是从祖先那里继承了海洋，而是从孩子们那里借来的。

写作是我对抗遗忘的方式。

In my early professional years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth?

When I have been listened to and when I have been heard, I am able to re-perceive my world in a new way and go on. It is astonishing how elements that seem insoluble become soluble when someone listens.

The best way to forget something is to replace it with something better.