The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.

The writer’s job is to write with rigor, with honesty, to the very end of his strength.

I'm trying to grow up and not let things get to me

唯一重要的是你做了什么，而不是你想什么、说什么或感觉什么。

There's a real correlation between a society that tells people that they can do anything, and the existence of low self-esteem. So that's another way in which something quite positive can have a nasty kickback. There is another reason why we might be feeling more anxious --about our careers, about our status in the world today, than ever before. And it's, again, linked to something nice. And that nice thing is called meritocracy.

——《大总统复参议会论国旗函》，1912年2月3日