A book is a suicide postponed.

The true value of a tree is measured in decades, not dollars.

Confidence isn't optimism or pessimism, and it's not a character attribute. It's the expectation of a positive outcome.

我不是先知或石器时代的人，只是一个有超人潜力的凡人。

The stream of thought is the stream of life solving its problems.

选自汉·桓宽《盐铁论·相刺》。即便像扁鹊那样医术高明的人，病人不肯接受针药的治疗，也是没有办法医治好他的病；即便是贤圣之士，如果国君没有接受正言相谏的雅量，那么贤圣也无能为力。这句话用良医治病也要病人配合和治国光靠贤圣之士的才干还不够做对比，更加充分的说明了贤君配合之道理。

I'm interested in the human condition and what makes people tick.