We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.
Stories are not just entertainment; they are the way we understand the world and our place in it.
译文:经常想到这个世上还有人的处境不如我,还有人的命运不如我,就该知足感恩了;经常想到有人的德行操守超过我,有人的学问超过我,就该感到惭愧而发愤努力了。赏析:人的欲望是无穷的,也是难以满足的。很少有人做到知足常乐。人总是喜欢和其他人对比物质方面的东西,别人有的,也希望自己有。而学问,德行,却很少有人去反躬自省。
Every quarry has a story written in layers of stone and generations of workers.
The most sustainable resource is human ingenuity.