You have to figure out what your own aptitudes are. If you play games where other people have the aptitudes and you don’t, you’re going to lose. And that’s as close to certain as any prediction that you can make. You have to figure out where you’ve got an edge. And you’ve got to play within your own circle of competence.

La poesía es la única prueba concreta de la existencia del hombre.

文学的研究即是对生活本身的研究。

Writing is rewriting—the magic happens in the edits.

"The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page."

圣人与物相处而不伤害，不伤害外物的，外物也不伤害他。正因为无所伤害，才能自然地与人交往。山林啊，大地啊，都能使我欣然快乐。

Inclusive finance is not charity, but commercially sustainable financial services.

The world is full of people who have stopped listening to themselves or have listened only to their neighbors to learn what they ought to do, how they ought to behave, and what the values are that they should be living by.