The poor are not irrational; they are just as rational as anyone else, but they operate under very different constraints.
穷人并非不理性；他们和任何人一样理性，但他们在非常不同的约束下行动。
诗人必须成为先知，使自己成为先知。
译文：人能克制自己的欲望就没有灾祸，做事不欺瞒别人就会睡得安稳。赏析：欲望太多，总有得不到的时候，得不到就会不择手段，肆意妄为，从而给自己带去灾祸。靠欺骗的方式立身处世的人将失去众人的信任，最终将无法在社会上立足。
"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
The main task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control.
选择很简单：要么我们现在保护自然，要么我们以后付出代价。