If you don’t believe in yourself, no one else will.
如果你不相信自己,别人也不会相信你。
不要拘泥于文字而误解词句,也不要拘泥于个别词句而误解作品完整的意思;能以自己的切身体会去推测作者的本意,这才是懂得了阅读作品的正确方法。
"The world is not a wish-granting factory."
看一个人的操守,在其利害得失时;看一个人的精力,在其饥饿疲倦时;看一个人的度量,在其面临喜怒哀乐时;看一个人的沉着,在其有惊吓时。
我知道自己是聪明的,因为我知道自己一无所知。
Separate the processes of creation from improving. You can’t write and edit, or sculpt and polish, or make and analyze at the same time. If you do, the editor stops the creator. While you invent, don’t select. While you sketch, don’t inspect. While you write the first draft, don’t reflect. At the start, the creator mind must be unleashed from judgement.