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. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
让我能够做出人生重大抉择的最主要办法是，记住生命随时都有可能结束。因为几乎所有的东西——所有对自身之外的希求、所有的尊严、所有对困窘和失败的恐惧——在死亡来临时都将不复存在，只剩下真正重要的东西。记住自己随时都会死去，这是我所知道的防止患得患失的最好方法。你已经一无所有了，还有什么理由不跟着自己的感觉走呢。
世界不是一个需要解决的问题，而是一个需要经历的神秘。
While you invent， don't select. While you sketch， don't inspect. While you write the first draft， don't reflect.
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
"Words are the mirrors of our thoughts."
我们想要的未来必须被发明出来，否则我们将得到一个我们不想要的未来。
不能控制自己情绪的法官，永远无法控制他人的情绪。
"Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose."
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.