You don't need a perfect voice to move people; you just need to sing from the heart.

The capitalist achievement does not typically consist in providing more silk stockings for queens but in bringing them within the reach of factory girls in return for steadily decreasing amounts of effort.

Writing is the only way I have to explain my own life to myself.

The environment shapes behavior, but behavior also shapes the environment.

【原文】冉求曰：“非不悦子之道，力不足也。”子曰：“力不足者，中道而废，今汝划。”【译文】冉求说：“我不是不喜欢您的学说，而是我的能力不足。”孔子说：“如果是能力不足的话，是走到中途才废弃而停止，但现在你还没开始，就给自己划了一条截止的界限而停止前进了。”