The strength of a habit is a function of the number of times it has been reinforced.

The more you know about life, the more you can bring to your work.

Should you find yourself contorting to fit a system, dear reader, stop and ask if it's truly you that must change or the system.

The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.

孩子完全接受——甚至渴望——家规。「在我们家，我们对 X 有一个规矩」是家长设立家庭规范时所需的唯一理由。事实上，「我对 X 有一个规矩」是你给自己设定规范所需的唯一理由。

气候变化和过度捕捞是我们必须共同应对的双重威胁。