You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.
"The writer is a man who is in love with words, who is obsessed with words, who is possessed by words."
子张问:“什么是五种美德?”孔子说:“君子对人民施加恩惠,却不耗费财用;使百姓劳苦,百姓却无怨言;自己有所欲求却不贪婪;安宁矜持却不骄横;威严却不凶猛。”……子张又说:“什么是四种恶行?”孔子说:“事先不经教育,犯了罪就杀头叫做肆虐;不先告诫便要求有成效,这叫粗暴;发布命令迟缓,却突然限期完成,这叫残害人;同是给人赏赐,却出手吝啬,这叫只进不出的财务衙门。
预测未来的最好方法就是创造未来。
今天很残酷,明天更残酷,后天很美好,但绝大部分人是死在明天晚上,看不到后天的太阳。
The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion.