炼油创新不是要重新发明轮子，而是让轮子转得更清洁、更智能。

全世界称誉也不会因而受到激励，全世界反对也不会因之感到沮丧；外界扰乱不了他平静的内心，他已经认清自我与外物的分别，辨明了荣与辱的不同境界。

经济学的第一课是稀缺：从来没有足够的任何一种东西能够满足所有人对其需要。政治学的第一课是摒弃经济学的第一课。

长期来看，只有真正创造价值的人才能生存。

And we also suck in messages from everything from the television, to advertising, to marketing, etc. These are hugely powerful forces that define what we want and how we view ourselves. When we're told that banking is a very respectable profession, a lot of us want to go into banking. When banking is no longer so respectable, we lose interest in banking. We are highly open to suggestion.

心理学必须植根于有机体为生存而斗争的现实中。