人这辈子要节制自己的欲望，钱、权、色，若都要，那就离死不远了。

我很喜欢圣奥古斯丁在“上帝之城”里的一句话，他说“以社会地位评价人是一种罪”。用现在的口吻说，看一个人的名片来决定你是否要和他交谈是罪。对圣奥古斯丁来说，人的价值不在他的社会地位，只有神可以决定一个人的价值，他将在天使围绕、小号奏鸣，天空破开的世界末日给于最后审判，如果你是像我一样的世俗论者，这想法太疯狂了，但这想法有它的价值。

I'm drawn to a lovely quote by St. Augustine in "The City of God," where he says, "It's a sin to judge any man by his post." In modern English that would mean it's a sinto come to any view of who you should talk to, dependent on their business card. It's not the post that should count. According to St. Augustine, only God can really put everybody in their place; he's going to do that on the Day of Judgment, with angels and trumpets, and the skies will open. Insane idea, if you're a secularist person, like me. But something very valuable in that idea, nevertheless.

阿兰·德波顿

我想跑一场好比赛，跑出好成绩，并享受它。

I want to run a good race, to run a good time, and to enjoy it.

埃鲁德·基普乔格

每人体内都有一个梦。就是：渴求一点意外，一点浪漫，一点任性，一点童真，一点奢侈，一点淫欲，一点惊喜，一点刺激，一点惨痛，一点懊悔，一点追忆，一点相思，一点经受得起的成败。

李碧华

The person who is slowest in making a promise is the most faithful in performance of it.

承诺最慎重的人是履行承诺最忠实的人。

卢梭

制度变迁的路径依赖决定了改革的复杂性和长期性。

钱颖一

新的街道，新的客栈，新的码头，新的桥；现在，还有新的道路迎来新的人。

威廉·戈尔丁

对我来说，无畏并非毫无畏惧。它不是完全不害怕。对我来说，无畏是心怀恐惧。无畏是心存疑虑。很多疑虑。

To me, fearless is not the absence of fear. It's not being completely unafraid. To me, fearless is having fears. Fearless is having doubts. Lots of them.