The advantage of a ridiculously ambitious goal is that it sets the bar very high so even in failure it may be a success measured by the ordinary.
设定一个野心得荒谬的目标的好处是，上限足够高，这样即使最后失败了，以通常的标准来衡量也可以算某种程度上的成功。
译文：纵览历史，凡是贤明的国和家，成功源于勤俭，衰败起于奢华。赏析：节俭不是吝啬，是对钱财的合理利用。不管何时，我们都要有忧患意识，保持俭朴的作风。
It takes a strong man to save himself, and a great man to save another.
凡事天下要考察有无的原则,必定是以众人的耳目所见所闻的实情以知有与无来作为标准的。
I'm not going to school just for the academics - I wanted to share ideas, to be around people who are passionate about learning.
每个时代的统治思想总是统治阶级的思想。
Memory is the way we keep telling ourselves our stories - and telling other people a somewhat different version.