So given a Time Turner, I would tell my 21-year-old self that personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a check-list of acquisition or achievement. Your qualifications, your CV, are not your life, though you will meet many people of my age and older who confuse the two. Life is difficult, and complicated, and beyond anyone’s total control, and the humility to know that will enable you to survive its vicissitudes.

粮食尽量精，肉类尽量细。变质的东西不吃；变色的东西不吃，变味的东西不吃；烹饪得不好不吃；不是吃饭的时间不吃；切的不好看不吃；调味品不好不吃。肉类虽多，但不要吃过量。只有酒不限量，但不要喝醉。从集市上买来的酒肉不吃；每餐必有姜，但不多吃。

The journey is the reward.

文学是一种记忆的形式，它让我们记住那些被遗忘的故事和情感。

当现有约束被放松时，经济增长就会发生，这使得个人能够追求以前无法获得的机会。

幸福不是现成的东西。它来自你自己的行动。

我是一个美国黑人，我为我的种族感到骄傲。我为自己是谁感到骄傲。我有许多自豪和尊严。