The most necessary, the most important, the principal, the most essential thing for a musician is this: to know what he wants, what he can do, and what he ought to do.
对于音乐家而言，最必要的，最重要的，最主要的，最本质的事情是：知道他想要什么，他能做什么，以及他应该做什么。
So why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.
A writer's duty is to disturb the peace, to question the unquestionable, to challenge the status quo.
煤炭推动了我们的过去，但我们必须诚实地面对它在未来中的作用。
The best way to help people is to give them the freedom to choose while gently steering them in the right direction.
——在上海中国国民党本部会议演说，1920年11月4日
我们都在寻找某些东西，但我们并不总是知道它是什么。
要快乐，既需要忘记，也需要记住。
我认为人生中最令人遗憾的事情是你没有去做的事情。