人们往往认为,现在的政客比过去的政客要糟糕得多。但我们往往忘记了过去的政客有多糟糕。
There's a tendency to think that our present politicians are much worse than we had in the past.But we tend to forget how awful our politicians were in the past.
道德的目的是教你,不是受苦和死亡,而是享受自己和生活。
从前有只鸟停留在鲁国都城郊外,鲁君很喜爱它,用牛羊猪三牲俱备的规格来款待它,还奏起韶乐,要使它快乐,鸟儿却黯然神伤,头晕目眩,不敢吃东西,这是用别人供养自己的方法来养鸟。真正养鸟的方法,应该是让它栖息在深林,飞翔在江湖之上,让它吃鳅鱼,自由自在地漫步在山野,那么一块平地就够了。
如果是我,要是我有五十三分钟可以自由运用,那我会悠哉游哉向一道清泉走去。
The environment shapes behavior through the mechanism of reinforcement.
一般人的毛病,就是容易受局部的蒙蔽,因而不能明白大道理。眼光不妨放长远一些,站得高一些,能看得更广,格局更大。
We're not selling cars, but keys to a new lifestyle.