What Tien can do on his own he has done. As for the rest, he says, "Yami people live in the most beautiful place, but live with fear of illness and death. I hope they can be like everyone else and enjoy health and rights. Health is an obligatory goal."
田雅各能解決的，他自認都已盡力做到；對無法克服的，田雅各說：「雅美人生存於最美的空間，卻嘗盡疾病帶來的恐懼，希望他們能和所有的人一樣，享受健康是權利、保健是義務的目標。」