Wan Zhang > Wan's Quotes

“It's always best to look ahead and not backwards. Possessions are not important. Think of those beautiful porcelain pieces I had. Before they came to me, they had all passed through the hands of many people, surviving wars and natural disasters. I got them only because someone else lost them. While I had them, I enjoyed them; now some other people will enjoy them. Life itself is transitory. Possessions are not important.”
― Nien Cheng, Life and Death in Shanghai

“Justice? What is justice? It's a mere word. It's an abstract word with no universal meaning. To different classes of people, justice means different things.”
― Nien Cheng, Life and Death in Shanghai

“Our therapeutic goal must be to teach the person how to bear their difficulties. Not to eliminate them for him, but to train the person to cope with special challenges with special strategies; to make the person aware not that they are ill, but that they are responsible for their lives.”
― Steve Silberman, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity

“Adventure is worthwhile in itself.”
― Amelia Earhart

“Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn't be done.”
― Amelia Earhart

“Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.”
― Amelia Earhart

“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.”
― Amelia Earhart

“I've met the most interesting people while flying or on a boat. These methods of travel seem to attract the kind of people I want to be with.”
― Hedy Lamarr