The novel is the one bright book of life. Books are not life. They are only tremulations on the ether.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
The act of painting is an act of prayer.
The true value of a mathematician lies in the problems they leave behind.
People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don't find myself saying, "Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner." I don't try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.
农民的智慧往往来自观察土地在不同季节的教诲。