不读书的人并不比不识字的人强。

释义：对于富贵的人，人人都争相投奔他；对于贫困潦倒的人，人人都会争相远离他。  

"We are all just trying to do our best in a world that doesn't always make sense."

Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief.

The stranger is close to us, insofar as we feel between him and ourselves common features of a national, social, occupational, or generally human, nature. He is far from us, insofar as these common features extend beyond him or us, and connect us only because they connect a great many people.

When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you'll be successful.