过去从未消逝，它甚至从未过去。
The past is never dead. It's not even past.
我现在承担了一项严肃的任务，我担心这项任务超出了任何人的能力范围；但如果我在尝试中死去，人们会说我在追求伟大的事物中死去。
Failure gave me an inner security that I had never attained by passing examinations. Failure taught me things about myself that I could have learned no other way. I discovered that I had a strong will, and more discipline than I had suspected; I also found out that I had friends whose value was truly above the price of rubies.