Confidence isn't optimism or pessimism, and it's not a character attribute. It's the expectation of a positive outcome.
I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me.
The artist must be a child of the earth.
不克制意志便能高潔，不講求仁義就能修身，不追求功業(yè)名聲便能使天下太平，不隱居江海也得靜閑，不用導(dǎo)引之術(shù)而得高壽，忘掉上面這一切，而又具備這一切。淡然至極，而一切美好的東西都隨之而來(lái)，這就是天道，圣人之規(guī)律。