没有什么比独立和自由更宝贵的了。
Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty.
Emotions are not just reactions; they are powerful indicators of our deepest needs and desires.
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.
I don't need a reason to be strong.