【译文】 孔子说:“天冷时,才知道松柏最后凋谢。”
经济转型的成功不仅取决于政策,还取决于制度。
我们可以轻易地原谅一个孩子怕黑;但成人怕光是人生的真正悲哀。
追求声名的人必然会危害其自身,广积财富的人必然会给后代带来灾祸。行善作恶迟迟得不到报应,并不是上天疏忽大意,而是上天想成全君子而灭掉小人。灾祸和福祚是上天用来表示慈爱之心的手段,就像雷雨雪霜一样,都是为了培育滋养万物。所以君子担心有灾祸便恭敬戒惧,小人得了便宜便忘了危险。君子害怕祸来反而会招来福祉,小人以疏忽之心看待福祉反而会招来灾祸,这就是《左传》所说的「祸福没有定数,全由各人自召」。
"The best stories are those that resonate with our own experiences, yet take us somewhere new."
Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.