The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

You are stronger than you think.

艺术没有国界，但艺术家有祖国。

I quite agree with them that it is not an ennobling experience. Poverty entails fear, and stress, and sometimes depression; it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts, that is indeed something on which to pride yourself, but poverty itself is romanticised only by fools.

The key to successful investing is to have a clear understanding of the risks and rewards and a disciplined approach.