Quotes

Although it is tough, I'd still rather live a passionate life.

——Takeshi Kitano, Japanese film director

雖然辛苦，我還是會選擇那種滾燙的人生。

——日本導演北野武

First do the things you need to do, then do the things you want to do.

——Growth Is More Important Than Success by Ling Zhijun

先做應該做的事，再做自己想做的事。

——凌志軍《成長比成功更重要》

The more you decide not to think about someone, the more you will think about him, because deciding not to think about him is just a sign of thinking about him.

——Gu Long, novelist

你愈下決心不思念對方，就會愈思念對方，因為決心不思念對方正是思念對方。

——武俠小說家古龍

There are many things worth loving in a lifetime, don't be despondent over one disappointment.

——Life by Lu Yao

人活一生，值得愛的東西很多，不要因為一個不滿意就灰心。

——路遙《人生》

Walk the right path. Let go of the unintentional. Make friends with the ethical. Break off ties with the ruthless. Drink tea peacefully. Abstain from debauchery. Open the door to convenience. Close the mouth of gossip.

——Feng Zikai, painter

走正確的路，放無心的手，結有道之朋，斷無義之友，飲清凈之茶，戒色花之酒，開方便之門，閉是非之口。

——畫家豐子愷

It was our mothers that brought us first into this world on a bed. After a lifetime of fighting setbacks and difficulties, in the end we return to our life's origin: the bed. The difference is that, when we came we had the care of our mothers, but when we're getting ready to leave there might not be any family there to take care of us. Even if there is a family member there, some of them could never hold a candle to our mothers.

——Zhou Daxin, author

母親最初把我們帶到人世，是在床上；經過一生艱難曲折的奮斗，最終還是要回到人生原點——床上。不同的是，我們來時有母親的照料，當我們準備走時，不一定有親人照料，即使有親人，有的也遠不如母親。

——作家周大新