I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up.

That's exhilarating if you're doing well, and very crushing if you're not. It leads, in the worst cases -- in the analysis of a sociologist like Emil Durkheim -- it leads to increased rates of suicide. There are more suicides in developed, individualistic countries than in any other part of the world. And some of the reason for that is that people take what happens to them extremely personally -- they own their success, but they also own their failure.

市场保持非理性的时间可能比你保持偿付能力的时间更长。

我们站在一个不断被重新排列的巨大拼图的碎片上。

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

The best architecture is invisible; it is the life within that matters.