I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens.
我不怕死，我只是不想在我死的时候在场。
You can only find out what you actually believe (rather than what you think you believe) by watching how you act. You simply don’t know what you believe, before that. You are too complex to understand yourself.
The poet’s words are the echoes of the eternal.
我宁愿活得好像有上帝，死后发现没有，也不愿活得好像没有，死后发现有。
白天从妻子儿女的反应来省察自己的行为以看其是否诚信；夜晚由梦境情况来考验自己的志气，以知道其是否坚定。