所以天将要把重大任务落到这个人身上，一定先要使他的心志痛苦，使他的筋骨劳累，使他的身体饥饿，使他的身子穷困，并且使他的每一行为总是不能如意，借此来使他的内心震动，坚韧他的性情，增加他的才干。

Success? I don't know what that word means. I'm happy. But success, that goes back to what in somebody's eyes success means. For me, success is inner peace. That's a good day for me.

I don’t believe in an afterlife. This is it. Make the most of it.

独裁滋生恐惧，恐惧滋生沉默，沉默滋生压迫。

Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge.

歌剧是一种活出生命极致的方式，是一种无法用其他方式表达情感的方式。