衡量一个文明的标准是它如何对待其艺术家。
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
Your  biggest  competior is yourself.
人们心中所寄予的世俗希望化为灰烬——或者繁荣;然后,就像沙漠尘埃上的雪,照亮一两个小时——然后消失。