One strategy: "We've had three big ideas at Amazon that we've stuck with for 18 years， and they're the reason we're successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient."

Architecture is a social art; it must serve people first.

The world is a machine, and we are its broken parts.

I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic makeup, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question.

【原文】樊迟问知，子曰：“务民之义，敬鬼神而远之，可谓知矣。”问仁，曰：“仁者先难而后获，可谓仁矣。”【译文】樊迟问怎样才是“智”，孔子说：“专心致力于（提倡）老百姓应该遵从的道德，尊敬鬼神但要远离它，就可以说是智了。”樊迟又问怎样才是仁，孔子说：“仁人对难做的事，做在人前面，有收获的结果，他得在人后，这可以说是仁了。”