The purpose of psychology is to explain how we manage to live.

The truth of history is often found in its silences.

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."

The true measure of success is impact, not just income.

On vacation go to the most remote place on your itinerary first， bypassing the cities. You‘ll maximize the shock of otherness in the remote， and then later you’ll welcome the familiar comforts of a city on the way back.

Keep all your things visible in a hotel room， not in drawers， and all gathered into one spot. That way you’ll never leave anything behind. If you need to have something like a charger off to the side， place a couple of other large items next to it， because you are less likely to leave 3 items behind than just one.

通过认识到那些引起焦虑的事物并不重要可以缓解大部分忧虑。

In the world of computing, the boundary between the possible and the impossible is often defined by the algorithms we can devise.