The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.
【译文】 颜渊问仁。孔子说:“用坚强的意志、顽强的拼搏精神,主持正义、捍卫道德、维护和平,这就是仁。一旦做到了这一点,普天下的人都会崇敬你、追随你、向你学习。为崇高理想而奋斗要靠的是自己,难道还能靠别人吗?”颜渊说:“请问其详?”孔子说:“违反礼法的事不要看、不要听、不要说、不要做。”颜渊说:“我虽不才,愿照此办理。”
生活其实很简单,但我们坚持把它复杂化。
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
二十世纪的恐怖在于每个新事件的规模之大与其反响之微弱。