道是神奇非凡的存在，灵妙而有本性，虚无而没有形象，无法预测其来去，也无法追寻其踪迹，不知其所以然而自然如此。

外交不是零和游戏，而是寻找共同利益的艺术。

设定新目标或做新梦想永远不会太老。

The greatest gift you can give someone is your time, because you are giving them a portion of your life that you will never get back.

任何经济中最重要的资源是其人民。

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 more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts.