To utter a performative is not to make a statement， and therefore the utterance of a performative is neither true nor false.

君主对于有才能的贤良之人应当抬举，让他处于尊位，富贵绵长；对于没有能力且无德的人应当废弃，让他贫困低贱，成为受驱使的奴仆。

Flow is being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one, like playing jazz. Your whole being is involved, and you're using your skills to the utmost.

——回忆首次前赴檀香山

【译文】人世间的好话全让书本给说尽了，天下的名山大半被寺庙所占据了。上山不怕伤害人的老虎，就怕人际关系中那些两面三刀的阴险小人。