最可怕的是把二流假装成一流。假装你不需要爱，而实际上你需要；或者假装你喜欢你的工作，而实际上你知道你能做得更好。
What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.
The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.
I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up DOES rejoice. Still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just miss my friend.
The best stories are those that mix the happiness and sadness of life together in the right proportions.
"I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit."