最重要的是你要有一个北极星，你必须知道自己要去哪里。
The most important thing is that you have a North Star. You have to know where you're going.
子贡问：“孔文子凭什么获得‘文’的称号？”孔子说：“灵敏又好学，向比自己学问差的人请教时，不觉得没面子，所以称为‘文’。”
轧棉机的发明是一系列无法预见的 circumstances 的结果。
A good book should leave you slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it.
"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."
——当阿森纳丢掉英超榜首的位置时，温格描述了这样的感受
发现可能性的极限的唯一方法，就是超越它们进入不可能。