It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid， instead of trying to be very intelligent.
令人惊讶的是，像我们这样的人，通过努力不断地避免愚蠢，而不是试图变得非常聪明，获得了多么巨大的长期优势。
"You don't have to be perfect to be amazing."
The landscape of Ireland is in my blood.
"Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation."
All things are composed of four elements – Earth, Water, Fire, and Air.”
出自先秦《荀子·修身》。批评我而又批评得恰当的，他便是我的老师；肯定我而又实事求是的，他便是我的朋友；讨好奉承我的，他便是我的仇人。说明修身养性要有闻过则喜的雅量，要亲近正人君子而远离谄谀小人。这样，才会有利于自己道德的修炼进步。