过去从未死去，它甚至还没有过去。

一九四九年六月三十日

The very shaping of history now outpaces the ability of men to orient themselves in accordance with cherished values. And which values? Even when they do not panic, men often sense that older ways of feeling and thinking have collapsed and that newer beginnings are ambiguous to the point of moral stasis.

The main task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control.

Customer trust is hard to earn and easy to lose; never take it for granted.

我们必须倾听场地；它会告诉我们该做什么。