"Writing about the past is a way of making sense of the present and imagining a different future."

解释：影子的弯曲与正直是随身体而变化的，根源不在影子自身；自己的屈曲与伸直是随外物而变化的，而不在于个人的主观意志。这就是保持谦退才能使自己处世为先的道理。

Never stop questioning how things can be done better—complacency is the enemy of progress.

The sculpture is already complete within the marble block, before I start my work. It is already there, I just have to chisel away the superfluous material.

We must invest in people as much as we invest in technology.