Society can and does execute its own mandates， and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right， or any mandates at all in things with which it ought not to meddle， it practices a social tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression， since， though not usually upheld by such extreme penalties， it leaves fewer means of escape， penetrating much more deeply into the details of life， and enslaving the soul itself.

One of the first things taught in introductory statistics textbooks is that correlation is not causation. It is also one of the first things forgotten.

出自汉·桓宽《盐铁论·忧边》。因，根据。知，通“智”。明智的人根据时机而改变行动方案，智慧的人随着事情的发展而制定不同的应对策略。这句话言随机应变、因事制宜才是明智者。明智的人，因时间的推移而进行改革；聪慧的人，依世情而制定治国方法。

The essence of creativity is figuring out how to use what you already know in order to go beyond what you already think.

The database is the most important piece of software in the enterprise, and the most important piece of software in the enterprise is the database. The database is the foundation of all applications. The database is the heart of the application, and the application is the heart of the business.