The key to power is the ability to judge who is best to serve your purposes, and then to win them over to your side.
The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.
The best way to understand contemporary art is to look at lots of it.
The idea is not to live forever, it is to create something that will.
人们在遇到别人蛮横无理的时候,往往怒火中烧,可是忽然转眼一想自己也有过错,不知不觉怒气就消失得干干净净。由此看来孟子所强调的自我反省,实在是息事宁人、涵养正气、受益获福、求得身心快乐的最好办法,千万不要当作一般道学家的套话来看待。