I have a vivid memory of what happened, and it was not what I expected. I expected to be applauded for my cleverness and arithmetic skills. "Jeff, you're so smart. You had to have made some tricky estimates, figure out the number of minutes in a year and do some division." That's not what happened. Instead, my grandmother burst into tears. I sat in the backseat and did not know what to do. While my grandmother sat crying, my grandfather, who had been driving in silence, pulled over onto the shoulder of the highway. He got out of the car and came around and opened my door and waited for me to follow. Was I in trouble? My grandfather was a highly intelligent, quiet man. He had never said a harsh word to me, and maybe this was to be the first time? Or maybe he would ask that I get back in the car and apologize to my grandmother. I had no experience in this realm with my grandparents and no way to gauge what the consequences might be. We stopped beside the trailer. My grandfather looked at me, and after a bit of silence, he gently and calmly said, "Jeff, one day you'll understand that it's harder to be kind than clever."
发展必须被视为一个多维度的过程,涉及社会结构、民众态度和国家制度的重大变革。
沉默是上帝的语言,而我们诗人则是它的诠释者。
选自汉·桓宽《盐铁论·殊路》。至,最。璞,含有玉的石头或未经雕琢过的玉。最美的东西就是最本色自然的东西,是没有什么东西可以文饰它的。此言自然本色便是美,是道家崇尚自然的思想观点。
I think the most important thing in life is to be able to look at yourself in the mirror and feel good about who you are.
"Fortune favors the prepared mind."