And the thing about a successful life is that a lot of the time, our ideas of what it would mean to live successfully are not our own. They're sucked in from other people; chiefly, if you're a man, your father, and if you're a woman, your mother. Psychoanalysis has been drumming home this message for about 80 years. No one's quite listening hard enough, but I very much believe it's true.

译文：贪图蝇头小利之人是不能立下大功绩的，心存私欲的人是不能去为众人办实事的。赏析：蝇头小利会让人迷失心智，会让人丧失斗志，从而远离人生的大目标。心存私欲，自然就缺乏公平公正，有私心，说话做事自然就会心虚，内心不坚定，何以办大事。

创新不仅仅是技术的问题；它关乎我们思维和运营方式的改变。

每一种心理现象都是整个有机体适应环境的功能体现。

音乐表达无法言说之事，安抚心灵并给予休息。

写作是一种孤独的职业，但正是这种孤独让我们能够深入探索人性的深处。

"Every word we write is a step closer to understanding ourselves."