Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.
耐心是一种美德,我正在学习耐心。这是一门艰难的课程。
To write is to engage with the world.
建筑不是为了富人或名人建造什么,而是为了提高每个人的生活质量。
That's exhilarating if you're doing well, and very crushing if you're not. It leads, in the worst cases -- in the analysis of a sociologist like Emil Durkheim -- it leads to increased rates of suicide. There are more suicides in developed, individualistic countries than in any other part of the world. And some of the reason for that is that people take what happens to them extremely personally -- they own their success, but they also own their failure.
I think singing is a way to vent emotions and express oneself.