To study the mind is to study adaptation in action; every thought is a tool for living.

    ——日本人想控制上海，想尽一切办法、千方百计对杜月笙进行拉拢，杜月笙如是说。

If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.

In the depth of solitude, I found the presence of all.

I'm a woman and I'm a Latina, and those are two stubborn combinations.

The line between good and evil is often blurred, and it is up to us to navigate it.

The art of economics lies in understanding the subtle interactions between rules and behavior.

薄：挑剔，贬低。訾：贬斥。贬低我商品的人，是想和我做生意；贬斥我品行的人，是想和我交朋友。