缄默：避免无聊闲扯，言谈必须对人有益。

我们有力的道德就是通过奋斗取得物质上的成功；这种道德既适用于国家，也适用于个人。

罗素

A person needs to walk how many roads to become a real person.

一个人要走过多少路，才能成为真正的人。

王安忆

I don’t let the past define me, I let it refine me.

我不让过去定义我，我让它磨砺我。

德雷克

给别人很多选择叫爱，给别人一个选择叫控制。

冯晓强

当我们是大为谦卑的时候，便是我们最接近宏大的时候。

泰戈尔

The human brain is wired to seek patterns and make connections, even when they don't exist.

人类的大脑天生就寻求模式并建立联系，即使这些模式并不存在。

斯科特·普劳斯

我当时在纽约一家金融公司工作，同事是一群非常聪明的人，我的老板也很有智慧，我很羡慕他。我告诉我的老板我想开办一家在网上卖书的公司。他带我在中央公园漫步良久，认真地听我讲完，最后说："听起来真是一个很好的主意，但是对那些目前没有谋到一份好工作的人来说，这个主意会更好。"这一逻辑对我而言颇有道理，他说服我在最终作出决定之前再考虑48小时。那样想来，这个决定确实很艰难，但是最终，我决定拼一次。我认为自己不会为尝试过后的失败而遗憾，倒是有所决定但完全不付诸行动会一直煎熬着我。在深思熟虑之后，我选择了那条不安全的道路，去追随我内心的热情。我为那个决定感到骄傲。

I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people， and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park， listened carefully to me， and finally said， "That sounds like a really good idea， but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn't already have a good job." That logic made some sense to me， and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision. Seen in that light， it really was a difficult choice， but ultimately， I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn't think I'd regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all. After much consideration， I took the less safe path to follow my passion， and I'm proud of that choice.