I have a vivid memory of what happened， and it was not what I expected. I expected to be applauded for my cleverness and arithmetic skills. "Jeff， you're so smart. You had to have made some tricky estimates， figure out the number of minutes in a year and do some division." That's not what happened. Instead， my grandmother burst into tears. I sat in the backseat and did not know what to do. While my grandmother sat crying， my grandfather， who had been driving in silence， pulled over onto the shoulder of the highway. He got out of the car and came around and opened my door and waited for me to follow. Was I in trouble？ My grandfather was a highly intelligent， quiet man. He had never said a harsh word to me， and maybe this was to be the first time？ Or maybe he would ask that I get back in the car and apologize to my grandmother. I had no experience in this realm with my grandparents and no way to gauge what the consequences might be. We stopped beside the trailer. My grandfather looked at me， and after a bit of silence， he gently and calmly said， "Jeff， one day you'll understand that it's harder to be kind than clever."

我清晰地记得接下来发生了什么，而那是我意料之外的。我本期待着小聪明和算术技巧能赢得掌声，但那并没有发生。相反，我的祖母哭泣起来。我的祖父之前一直在默默开车，把车停在了路边，走下车来，打开了我的车门，等着我跟他下车。我惹麻烦了吗？我的祖父是一个智慧而安静的人。他从来没有对我说过严厉的话，难道这会是第一次？还是他会让我回到车上跟祖母道歉？我以前从未遇到过这种状况，因而也无从知晓会有什么后果发生。我们在房车旁停下来。祖父注视着我，沉默片刻，然后轻轻地、平静地说："杰夫，有一天你会明白，善良比聪明更难。"

杰夫·贝索斯

真正的智慧在于认识到自己的局限性并努力超越它们。

True wisdom lies in acknowledging your limitations and striving to transcend them.

查理·芒格

教育与女性福利攸关国家的繁荣兴盛。

克林顿

当你拥抱自己内在的力量时，奇迹就会开始发生。

When you embrace the power within yourself, that's when miracles start to happen.

玛丽亚·凯莉

黑暗无论怎样漫长，白昼总会到来。

莎士比亚

我大概还会给你说起我欣赏的两个球星，桑普拉斯和费德勒，他们优雅且自律，每一记挥拍都能打出新教伦理与资本主义精神。

苗炜

如果人们认为对方心中没有自己，自己的价值也会随之消失，那么他们的价值就是依附在对方身上的。人们应该知道，两个人在一起是因为能够共同经历人生，从而收获喜悦。即使对方不爱自己，自己的价值也不会消失。换句话说，自己的价值不是通过对方的爱得来的，只是对方的存在让自己的存在变得更加鲜明而已。

岸见一郎

真正宽宏大量的人，每当对手遭遇的不幸超过他们的仇恨所能承受的限度时，往往会萌生出一种同情心来。

大仲马

当你收到在未来做某事的邀请时，问问自己：如果这件事安排在明天，你会接受吗？这可以筛选掉大部分事情。

When you get an invitation to do something in the future， ask yourself: would you accept this if it was scheduled for tomorrow？ Not too many promises will pass that immediacy filter.