Stupid is as stupid does.
采矿业是周期性的，但伟大的公司是由那些既能驾驭低迷期又能驾驭繁荣期的人建立的。
Collaboration beats competition when the goal is meaningful progress.
人们在做事时绝不能够拖拉，不能够反复多变，不能够斤斤计较；可是替别人做事时，却特别需要耐得住拖延耽搁，耐得住反复多变，耐得住琐碎烦乱。
选择比天赋更重要 今天我想对你们说的是，天赋和选择不同。聪明是一种天赋，而善良是一种选择。天赋得来很容易——毕竟它们与生俱来。而选择则颇为不易。如果一不小心，你可能被天赋所诱惑，这可能会损害到你做出的选择。
我们都是碎片，不仅是自己的碎片，也是彼此的碎片。
解读：成熟之人能包容多元观点，不偏执一端，依据具体情境灵活权衡抉择，而非非黑即白地简单判断，体现思维灵活性。
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all doing direct the other way.