Language is not just a system of symbols， but a set of practices with social and cultural significance.

I just go. I just go. I just keep going until it feels right to me,” Kobe says of his habits. “If something doesn’t feel right, I’m gonna stay there until I get it right. I just continue to keep pushing and pushing and pushing. That’s all I’ve known. That’s how my parents raised me. If you’re going to be focused on something, if you want to do something, you can’t, you can’t go about it in a half-assed way. You really gotta dedicate yourself to it, try to be the best at it. That’s the only way.

【原文】司马牛忧曰：“人皆有兄弟，我独亡。”子夏曰：“商闻之矣：‘死生有命，富贵在天’。君子敬而无失，与人恭而有礼。四海之内，皆兄弟也。君子何患乎无兄弟也?”【译文】司马牛忧伤地说：“别人都有兄弟，唯独我没有。”子夏说：“我听说过：‘死生命中注定，富贵由天安排。’君子(只要)敬业而不犯错误，对人恭敬而有礼貌。四海之内都是兄弟呀。君子担心什么没有兄弟呢?”

"A good story should both disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed."

当我们有目的地疏伐森林时，我们不是在夺走生命，而是在为更多生命的繁荣腾出空间。