Memory is a strange thing, it doesn't work like I thought it did. Memory is not a simple thing at all.

The past is not a single narrative but a web of interconnected stories.

做官的人应为肩负天下重任而养身，而不是为私家小利惜身。省却嗜好欲念，减除烦恼忧虑，戒除愤怒，节制饮食，这就是养身。计较得失利益，规避辛劳哀怨，营造住宅房舍，以妻子儿女为重，这就是惜身。养生的人，不妄为而大方；惜身的人，腥膻而琐碎。

People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don't deserve them, or that they'll be unable to achieve them. We, their hearts, become fearful just thinking of loved ones who go away forever, or of moments that could have been good but weren't, or of treasures that might have been found but were forever hidden in the sands.

I’ve always been attracted to the idea of a voice that is absolutely authoritative and yet absolutely humble.