One is not struck by the truth until prompted quite accidentally by some external event.
直到某些意外事件从外部触发，人们才会突然意识到真相。
The book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it, an apostle is unlikely to look out.
If you don’t take risks, you’ll never know what you could have achieved.
我对活着充满热情，我不会因为害怕而浪费生命。