Make decisions when you are ready, not under pressure. Others will always push you to make a decision for their own purposes, internal politics, or some other external need. But you can almost always say, “I need a little more time to think about this. I’ll get back to you.” This tactic is very effective at defusing even the most difficult and uncomfortable situations.

"Memory is a strange thing. It doesn't work like I thought it did. We are so used to thinking of it as a camera or a tape recorder, but it's not like that at all. It's more like a painter. It creates a picture, but it's not always the same picture."

家中闲坐无聊，不妨想想，有人在为生活而辛劳；官位不能飞黄腾达，想想仍有许多才能好的读书人，人都老了还是青衣。

The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer.

Nature is written in mathematical language.

仁爱的人爱护他人，正义的人遵循道理。