一個成功的人,會利用別人用來丟他的磚塊,來建構一個堅固的基礎。
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
-- 大衛‧布林克利,新聞播報員
Amor Fati – “Love Your Fate”, which is in fact your life.
-- Friedrich Nietzsche, Forbidden
Happiness thinks only of itself.
-- Raymond Radiguet, The Devil in the Flesh
Repentance leads to rebirth.
-- Lailah Gifty Akita, Corpkshetra
My books are a word feast.
-- Lori R. Lopez, Honey for a Child's Heart
One could be happy not only without love, but despite it.
-- Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera
The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say.
-- Anaïs Nin, The Undomestic Goddess
All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, 2666
One always has a better book in one's mind than one can manage to get onto paper.
-- Michael Cunningham, The Light in the Heart
Perhaps my greatest wisdom is the knowledge that I do not know.
-- John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America
Vulnerability supported by love is perhaps the most powerful catalyst for real connection.
-- Scott Stabile, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Books have a way of finding their way into our lives, usually, right when we need them the most.
-- Richard P. Denney, The Fellowship of the Ring
平衡,意味著完美的均衡。但世上沒這種東西,這是錯誤的期待……人生有各種面向與優先順序,知道如何整合它們,你才能發現真正的快樂。
Balance suggests a perfect equilibrium. There is no such thing. That is a false expectation…. There are going to be priorities and dimensions of your life, how you integrate them is how you find true happiness.
-- 丹妮絲.莫里森,金寶湯公司總裁兼執行長
There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.
-- John Calvin, The Inequality Of Man
Always blow your own trumpet, blowing someone else’s is unhygienic
-- Benny Bellamacina, A Short Stay in Hell
Time is a game played beautifully by children.
-- Heraclitus, Fragments
There is no place like home.
-- L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
當你和難題對撞時,直接面對它,你會發現它沒你想的那麼困難。
When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it.
-- 約翰·韋恩,演員
Happiness is a myth. It was invented to make us buy new things.
-- Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram
Chin up princess, or the crown slips.
-- Unknown, Wealth of Words