大自然是一位了不起的老师，只要我们耐心观察，她就会向我们揭示她的秘密。

选自汉·桓宽《盐铁论·殊路》。至，最。璞，含有玉的石头或未经雕琢过的玉。最美的东西就是最本色自然的东西，是没有什么东西可以文饰它的。此言自然本色便是美，是道家崇尚自然的思想观点。

When you’re young, you presume there’ll be many people with whom you’ll connect with. Later in life, you realize it only happens a few times.

The problem of quality management is not what people don't know about it. The problem is what they think they do know.

认为对自由的信念总会导致胜利是错误的。我们必须时刻做好失败的准备。如果我们选择自由，那么我们必须准备同它一起消亡。

The key to performance is elegance, not battalions of special cases.

Inflation is a thief in the night.

Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.

We feel free when we escape – even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire.