Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
The world is a story we tell ourselves.
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
读经书，阅传注，就为治学打下坚实基础；看史籍，鉴古今，就使宏论滔滔切中肯綮；游山川，观壮景，就使志气凌云眼界开阔；戒嗜好，弃私欲，就使胸怀磊落一尘不染。