To look at the symbolic dimensions of social action—art, religion, ideology, science, law, morality, common sense—is not to turn away from the existential dilemmas of life for some empyrean realm of deemotionalized forms; it is to plunge into the midst of them.
关注社会行动的符号维度——艺术、宗教、意识形态、科学、法律、道德、常识——并不是为了逃避生活的存在困境，进入某种超然的、去情感化的形式领域；而是为了深入这些困境的核心。
The most important relationship you'll ever have is the one with yourself.
The key to success in business is not just to satisfy customers but to exceed their expectations.
所以君子严于律己、宽以待人，而平庸的人却宽以待己、严于律人。