最大的安逸,就是知足乐和;最大的危险,就是多言致祸;最为可贵的,就是无欲无求;最为卑贱的,就是贪欲过多;最大的快乐,就是乐善好施;最大的痛悔,就是贪图钱财;最大的长处,就是足智多谋;最大的短处,就是自负自矜;最大的聪明,就是体察天功,最大的昏暗,就是不明征兆。
【译文】孔子说:“经常学习,不也喜悦吗?远方来了朋友,不也快乐吗?得不到理解而不怨恨,不也是君子吗?”
The best works are those that refuse to be easily understood.
"The choices we make define who we are, not the circumstances we face."
A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise.