子张曰:“何谓五美?”子曰:“君子惠而不费,劳而不怨,欲而不贪,泰而不骄,威而不猛。”……子张曰:“何为四恶?”子曰:“不教而杀谓之虐;不戒视成谓之暴;慢令致期为之贼;犹之与人也,出纳之吝,谓之有司。”
子张问:“什么是五种美德?”孔子说:“君子对人民施加恩惠,却不耗费财用;使百姓劳苦,百姓却无怨言;自己有所欲求却不贪婪;安宁矜持却不骄横;威严却不凶猛。”……子张又说:“什么是四种恶行?”孔子说:“事先不经教育,犯了罪就杀头叫做肆虐;不先告诫便要求有成效,这叫粗暴;发布命令迟缓,却突然限期完成,这叫残害人;同是给人赏赐,却出手吝啬,这叫只进不出的财务衙门。
The most profound ideas in mathematics often arise from the simplest observations.
预测未来的最好方式是发明它。
The four most dangerous words in investing are: 'this time it's different.'
我们对显而易见的事物视而不见,而且对自己的视而不见也视而不见。
The challenge of our time is to find balance in a world of constant connectivity.
The way to learn about the mind is to reverse-engineer it: to figure out what natural selection designed it to accomplish.
You can’t change the past, but you can shape the future.