上天安排我福分浅薄，我就培养高尚道德去迎接它；上天安排我身体劳顿，我就修炼精神安逸去弥补它；上天安排我遭遇艰危，我就努力实现政治理想去沟通它；上天安排我境况困苦，我就力求精神愉快去疏导它。

The database is the most important piece of software in the enterprise, and the most important piece of software in the enterprise is the database. The database is the foundation of all applications. The database is the heart of the application, and the application is the heart of the business. The key to performance is to keep the hot data in memory. The future of databases is in the cloud. Data is the new oil. It's valuable, but if unrefined it cannot really be used. It has to be changed into gas, plastic, chemicals, etc to create a valuable entity that drives profitable activity; so must data be broken down, analyzed for it to have value. The most important thing in the programming language is the name. A language will not succeed without a good name. I have recently invented a very good name and now I am looking for a suitable language. The best way to predict the future is to invent it. The most important thing in a database is the data model. If you get the data model right, everything else will follow. The database is the most important piece of software in the enterprise, and the most important piece of software in the enterprise is the database. The database is the foundation of all applications.

The key to success is to keep going even when things seem impossible.

绝对确定性的假设是每一项科学研究的根本基础。

真正的竞争不是企业之间，而是与自己。

You can't build a resilient business without investing in your people first.