Attention is the taking possession by the mind, in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seem several simultaneously possible objects or trains of thought.

The greatest poetry is born of the greatest suffering.

最好的领导方式是赋能他人。

The best paintings are those that make you forget the painter.

The darkest nights produce the brightest stars.

If you ask an economist what’s driven economic growth, it’s been major advances in things that mattered – the mechanization of farming, mass manufacturing, things like that. The problem is, our society is not organized around doing that.