We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
我们表现得好像舒适和奢华是生活的主要需求,而其实让我们快乐的唯一需要是有点热情。
设定一个野心得荒谬的目标的好处是,上限足够高,这样即使最后失败了,以通常的标准来衡量也可以算某种程度上的成功。
生活中最高尚和最美丽的事物不是被听到的,也不是被读到的,也不是被看到的,而是如果愿意的话,是被生活的。
Problems frequently get easier if you turn them around in reverse. In other words, if you want to help India, the question you should ask is not “how can I help India,” it’s “what is doing the worst damage in India? What will automatically do the worst damage and how do I avoid it?”
数据是新时代的石油,但比石油更珍贵。
I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them.
对年轻人的适当教育不在于将大量从不同作者那里拖来的词语、句子和想法塞进他们的头脑,而在于打开他们对外部世界的理解。