道之外没有其他事物，事物之外也没有道。

So what I want to argue for is not that we should give up on our ideas of success, but we should make sure that they are our own. We should focus in on our ideas, and make sure that we own them; that we are truly the authors of our own ambitions. Because it's bad enough not getting what you want, but it's even worse to have an idea of what it is you want, and find out, at the end of the journey, that it isn't, in fact, what you wanted all along.

译文：善于营生的人，会教会自己的子孙营生的本事，而不会给自己的子孙留下太多的财产。善于处事的人，会根据事物的客观态度来作决定，而不一定是为了自己的一已私利。

测量可测量的，并使不可测量的成为可测量的。

If we believe in data structures, we must believe in independent (hence simultaneous) processing. For why else would we collect items within a structure? Why do we tolerate languages that give us the one without the other?

两种文化之间的距离是最有趣的事情发生的地方。