"We are all connected, and our actions have consequences that ripple through the lives of others."
The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.
译文:假如你命中富贵荣华,也要常常有不得意的想法;假如你碰到境遇顺利,也要常常有不如意的念头;假如眼前的你吃穿丰足,也要保持节俭不忘贫困;假如别人都很喜欢你,也要常常怀着谨慎的想法;假如你家世名望都很高,也要常怀着谦虚卑下之心;假如你的学问非常高深,也要提醒自己掌握的还不够多。