In all things — except love — start with the exit strategy. Prepare for the ending. Almost anything is easier to get into than out of.

求知若饥，虚心若愚。

Suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning.

Hope is a scarce resource in poor communities.

I don't make music for the masses, I make music for myself.

Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.