Confidence isn't optimism or pessimism, and it's not a character attribute. It's the expectation of a positive outcome.
君子有三种快乐,但称王天下不在其中。父母都健在,兄弟没有灾祸,这是第一种快乐;抬头无愧于天,低头无愧于人,这是第二种快乐;得到天下的优秀人才而教育他们,这是第三种快乐。
Acting is not just about playing a role, it's about living the life of the character.
"The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof."
We have a responsibility, every one of us. We may think we live a long way from the oceans, but we don't. What we actually do here, has a direct effect on the oceans—and what the oceans do then reflects back on us.
The task of psychology is to analyze the structure of consciousness into its component parts.