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.
贫穷并不是一种高贵的经历，它带来恐惧、压力、有时还有绝望，它意味着许许多多的羞辱和艰辛。靠自己的努力摆脱贫穷，确实可以引以自豪，但贫穷本身只有对傻瓜而言才是浪漫的。
Three passions， simple but overwhelmingly strong， have governed my life: the longing for love， the search for knowledge， and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
人比自己想象的更被他人支持。
唯一真正的快乐来自于为一个目的挥霍自己。
My music is my diary.
