The story is a machine for empathy. In contrast to logic or reason, a story is about emotion which is encoded in the details.

In business, if you're not moving forward, you're falling behind.

I'm drawn to a lovely quote by St. Augustine in "The City of God," where he says, "It's a sin to judge any man by his post." In modern English that would mean it's a sinto come to any view of who you should talk to, dependent on their business card. It's not the post that should count. According to St. Augustine, only God can really put everybody in their place; he's going to do that on the Day of Judgment, with angels and trumpets, and the skies will open. Insane idea, if you're a secularist person, like me. But something very valuable in that idea, nevertheless.

你不能在道德上走捷径却期待长期成功。

If you really want to succeed, don't be afraid of failure.