It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and in a word all sensible objects, have an existence, natural or real, distinct from their being perceived by the understanding.
A writer is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him.
"A book is a dream that you hold in your hand."
The challenge is not just to give people money but to understand how they make decisions under constraints.
The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.
译文:善于创始的人不一定完成得很好,有个好开头的人不一定有好结果。
The only thing that is constant is change.