The forest does not belong to us—we belong to the forest, and our duty is to protect it.
没人会和你自己一样对你所拥有的东西印象深刻。(Morgan Housel《金钱心理学》里面的一句话,可以理解为禀赋效应:即,由于情感上的偏见,人们在自己已经拥有的东西上比尚未获得的东西拥有更大的价值)
译文:人世间能够享有千金产业的,一定是个拥有千金福报的人;享有百金产业的,也必定是有百金福报的人;遭到饿死的,也绝对是命中注定应遭饿死果报的人。上天只不过是就每个人所造作的善恶质性,厚实恰当地来对待他,使他获得应有的结果而已,何曾加上一丝毫喜好或厌恶的念头?
我们鱼类的健康反映了我们水域的健康,它们是不可分割的。
Do not try to change the outer world; change your inner world, and the outer world will adjust itself.
Retire into yourself and ask yourself this question: Must I write? If the answer is yes, then you must keep writing.
The only real failure is the failure to try.