A statement is a means to convey information， a promise is a means to make a commitment.

有人说：“如果用恩德来回报别人对自己的怨仇，行不行呢？”孔子说：“这样的话，你将用什么来报答别人对你的恩德呢？不如以公正对待怨仇，以恩德报答恩德。”

神话是历史选择的一种言语：它不可能从事物的“本质”中演化出来。

企业的成长，本质上是企业家的成长。

In a way, if you like, at one end of the spectrum of sympathy, you've got the tabloid newspaper. At the other end of the spectrum, you've got tragedy and tragic art. And I suppose I'm arguing that we should learn a little bit about what's happening in tragic art. It would be insane to call Hamlet a loser. He is not a loser, though he has lost. And I think that is the message of tragedy to us, and why it's so very, very important, I think.