Those who do not have power over the story that dominates their lives, the power to retell it, rethink it, deconstruct it, joke about it, and change it as they change, truly are powerless, because they cannot think new thoughts.

居家时不是有才德的人，入朝做官也不是好官。小时候不是一个好的学生，将来不能够成为一个有才德的人。