一个人的灵魂在他们的故事中显露出来。

At that age， I'd take any excuse to make estimates and do minor arithmetic. I'd calculate our gas mileage -- figure out useless statistics on things like grocery spending. I'd been hearing an ad campaign about smoking. I can't remember the details， but basically the ad said， every puff of a cigarette takes some number of minutes off of your life: I think it might have been two minutes per puff. At any rate， I decided to do the math for my grandmother. I estimated the number of cigarettes per days， estimated the number of puffs per cigarette and so on. When I was satisfied that I'd come up with a reasonable number， I poked my head into the front of the car， tapped my grandmother on the shoulder， and proudly proclaimed， "At two minutes per puff， you've taken nine years off your life！"

解释：栋梁不厚实，就不能承受房屋的重量。最重要的莫过于国事，对于栋梁人才来说，最重要的莫过于德行。

预测你未来的最好方法就是创造它。

摆脱诱惑的唯一方法就是屈服于它。