Productivity is often a distraction. Don’t aim for better ways to get through your tasks as quickly as possible， rather aim for better tasks that you never want to stop doing.
Ask funders for money， and they’ll give you advice； but ask for advice and they’ll give you money.
If winning becomes too important in a game， change the rules to make it more fun. Changing rules can become the new game.
It is the duty of a student to get everything out of a teacher， and the duty of a teacher to get everything out of a student.
Life lessons will be presented to you in the order they are needed. Everything you need to master the lesson is within you. Once you have truly learned a lesson， you will be presented with the next one. If you are alive， that means you still have lessons to learn.
When you lead， your real job is to create more leaders， not more followers.
Efficiency is highly overrated； Goofing off is highly underrated. Regularly scheduled sabbaths， sabbaticals， vacations， breaks， aimless walks and time off are essential for top performance of any kind. The best work ethic requires a good rest ethic.
Whenever there is an argument between two sides， find the third side.
Courtesy costs nothing. Lower the toilet seat after use. Let the people in the elevator exit before you enter. Return shopping carts to their designated areas. When you borrow something， return it better shape (filled up， cleaned) than when you got it.
When you forgive others， they may not notice， but you will heal. Forgiveness is not something we do for others； it is a gift to ourselves.
Anything you say before the word “but” does not count.
Don‘t keep making the same mistakes； try to make new mistakes.
Cultivate 12 people who love you， because they are worth more than 12 million people who like you.
没人会和你自己一样对你所拥有的东西印象深刻。（Morgan Housel《金钱心理学》里面的一句话，可以理解为禀赋效应：即，由于情感上的偏见，人们在自己已经拥有的东西上比尚未获得的东西拥有更大的价值）
No one is as impressed with your possessions as you are.
About 99% of the time， the right time is right now.
Advice like these are not laws. They are like hats. If one doesn’t fit， try another.
Be nice to your children because they are going to choose your nursing home.
History teaches us that in 100 years from now some of the assumptions you believed will turn out to be wrong. A good question to ask yourself today is “What might I be wrong about？”
Take one simple thing — almost anything — but take it extremely seriously， as if it was the only thing in the world， or maybe the entire world is in it — and by taking it seriously you’ll light up the sky.
To combat an adversary， become their friend.