I do not know what I may appear to the world， but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore， and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary， whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

作家最伟大的工具是同理心，能够感受他人，通过他们的眼睛看世界。

The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.'

预测未来的唯一方法就是创造未来。

【译文】 孔子说：“我不是天生就有学问的，只是个喜欢读书、勤奋敏捷地追求知识的人。”