We should always follow the path of appearances and withhold judgment.

译文：甘愿受人欺辱，不一定是软弱无能的人；自认为聪明的人，终究是个糊涂人。赏析：韩信能忍胯下之辱，故能成就大业。对于我们普通的人来说，该忍让时就看淡，不必事事非得和别人计较。自认为聪明的人，永远活在自我的世界，他们高高在上，看不起任何人。可马也有失蹄，人也有失足的时候，一旦他们失势后，自然就会沦为他人的笑柄。

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.

在每个国家，最重要的是人民的教育。

Every tree tells a story; our job is to make sure it's a story of renewal, not destruction.

学习古人但不拘泥于古人，效法古人但不抄袭古人。

"Understanding the limits of computation is as important as expanding its capabilities."