我们先养成习惯，然后习惯造就我们。
We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
古往今来的平庸之人，都是因为懒惰而失败；古往今来的有才之人，都是因为骄傲而失败。
The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be what others want us to be.
可以同他交谈却没有交谈，这是错过了人才。不可以同他交谈却要同他交谈，这是白费口舌。聪明的人既不错过人才，又不浪费语言。
"Writing is a way to make sense of our existence."