In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation.

Nowadays, particularly in the United States, if you meet someone at the bottom of society, they may unkindly be described as a "loser." There's a real difference between an unfortunate and a loser, and that shows 400 years of evolution in society and our belief in who is responsible for our lives. It's no longer the gods, it's us. We're in the driving seat.

You have to be willing to grow. Growth is different from something that happens to you. You produce it. You live it. The prerequisites for growth: the openness to experience events and the willingness to be changed by them.

未来属于那些今天为之准备的人。

【译文】 孔子说：“温习旧知识时，能有新收获，就可以做老师了。”

We are all prisoners of our own lives, but some are freer than others.

伟大的哲学家是那些在我们思考世界及我们在其中的位置的方式上有所作为的人。