我们钦佩的人的品质,如善良、慷慨、开放、诚实、理解和同情,是我们体系中失败的伴随物。而我们厌恶的那些特质,如精明、贪婪、占有欲、卑鄙、自我中心和自私,却是成功的特质。
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.
时间并非实物,因此我们既无法浪费也无法节省;它始终与我们同在。
最好的怪物是那些向我们展示关于自己的真实一面的怪物。
一个人肚子空空,心事重重,总是睡不好觉的。
The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like.