Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.

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.

The writer’s life is a life of failure.

两句以“谦恭但不失尊严，迁就但不失正直”，告诫人们为人处世要不卑不亢，能迁就忍让又坚持原则。

我不是商人。我是设计师和工程师。