译文：有才能而没有权势，即使是贤人也不能制服不肖之徒。所以把一尺长的木材树立在高山之上，就能俯瞰万丈深渊，这并不是木材长，而是因为它所处的位置高。

Excellence is not an act, but a habit.

"The most profound discoveries often come from the simplest observations."

释义：天知道，神知道，我知道，你知道。怎么能说没人知道呢？

The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails.