人类是天生社会性动物。

雷军

People are unreasonable，illogical and self-centered；Love them anyway.If you are kind，people may accuse you of selfish，ulterior motives；Be kind anyway.If you are successful，you will win some false friends and some true enemies；Succeed anyway.The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow；Do good anyway.If you are honest and frank，people may cheat you；Be honest and frank anyway.People favor under dogs but follow only topdogs.Fight for a few underdogs anyway.What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight；Build anyway.If you find serenity and happiness，they may be jealous；Be happy anyway.People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.Help people anyway.Give the world the best you have，And it may never be enough；Give the world the best you have anyway.You see，in the final analysis，it is between you and God；It is never between you and them anyway.

人们不讲道理、思想谬误、自我中心，不管怎样，还是爱他们；如果你友善，人们会说你自私自利、别有用心，不管怎样，还是要友善；如果你成功以后，身边尽是假的朋友和真的敌人，不管怎样，还是要成功；你所做的善事明天就会被遗忘，不管怎样，还是要做善事；诚实与坦率使你容易受到欺骗和伤害，不管怎样，还是要诚实与坦率；人都会同情弱者，却只追随赢家，不管怎样，还是要为一些弱者奋斗；你耗费数年所建设的可能毁于一旦，不管怎样，还是要建设；如果你找到了平静和幸福，人们可能会嫉妒你，不管怎样，还是要快乐；人们确实需要帮助，然而如果你帮助他们，却可能遭到攻击，不管怎样，还是要帮助；将你所拥有最好的东西献给世界，可能永远都不够，不管怎样，还是要将最好的东西付出！你看，说到底，它是你和上帝之间的事，这决不是你和他人之间的事。

特蕾莎修女

You have to figure out what your own aptitudes are. If you play games where other people have the aptitudes and you don’t， you’re going to lose. And that’s as close to certain as any prediction that you can make. You have to figure out where you’ve got an edge. And you’ve got to play within your own circle of competence.

你必须弄清楚你自己的天赋是什么。如果你玩的游戏是别人有天赋而你没有的，你就会输。这几乎是你能做出的任何预测中最接近确定的。你必须弄清楚你在哪里有优势。你必须在你自己的能力圈内玩。

查理·芒格

A man lies the most when he lies to himself.

一个人对自己撒谎时撒谎最多。

弗兰兹·卡夫卡

文学殿堂里住满了死去的人，他们在生前并不曾住在里面；这殿堂里面也有为数不多的几位生存者，但一旦他们死去，他们就几乎全部被抛出殿堂。

叔本华

如果把葡萄干和粪球混在一起，你得到的是粪球。

查理·芒格

文中有一个关键人物：约翰·德雷帕，他是一名黑客，外号“咔嚓船长”，这是因为，他发现早餐麦片附赠的哨子发出的声音与电话网络中用以传输呼叫的开关发出的音频是一样的，都是2600赫兹。