伟大的需要使人崇高，卑微的需要使人沉沦。

Leadership in energy means balancing today’s needs with tomorrow’s challenges.

I'm drawn to a lovely quote by St. Augustine in "The City of God," where he says, "It's a sin to judge any man by his post." In modern English that would mean it's a sinto come to any view of who you should talk to, dependent on their business card. It's not the post that should count. According to St. Augustine, only God can really put everybody in their place; he's going to do that on the Day of Judgment, with angels and trumpets, and the skies will open. Insane idea, if you're a secularist person, like me. But something very valuable in that idea, nevertheless.

我很喜欢圣奥古斯丁在“上帝之城”里的一句话，他说“以社会地位评价人是一种罪”。用现在的口吻说，看一个人的名片来决定你是否要和他交谈是罪。对圣奥古斯丁来说，人的价值不在他的社会地位，只有神可以决定一个人的价值，他将在天使围绕、小号奏鸣，天空破开的世界末日给于最后审判，如果你是像我一样的世俗论者，这想法太疯狂了，但这想法有它的价值。

阿兰·德波顿

它山之石，可以攻玉。

孔子

另起炉灶，重开世界。

曾国藩

The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.

一个人成熟的速度与他能忍受的尴尬成正比。

道格拉斯·恩格尔巴特

由俭入奢易，由奢入俭难。

周希陶

说到底，悲观是一种远见。鼠目寸光的人，不可能悲观。

木心

我们即将进入暮年，已到抛开一切浮华的时候，我们应该舍末求本，由此换得幸福。

屠格涅夫

爱因斯坦说，自然科学家面对现实社会中的任何错误、不合理以至罪恶，一定要挺身而出，否则，无异于帮凶。

爱因斯坦

要乐于接受必然发生的情况，接受所发生的事实，是克服随之而来的任何不幸的第一步。

卡耐基

当代是很难产生大师的时代，我只是阅读形象大使，不是什么大师。

郦波

Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.

音乐有治愈的力量。它有能力让人们暂时忘却自我。

埃尔顿·约翰

True power lies in controlling oneself, not others.

真正的力量在于控制自己，而非他人。

西塞罗

“实事”就是客观存在着的一切事。

莱辛

成为作家意味着成为观察者、倾听者和记录者。

To be a writer is to be a watcher, a listener, a recorder.

J·M·库切

一年中的夜晚与白天数量相同、持续时间一样长。即使快乐的生活也有其阴暗笔触，没有“悲哀”提供平衡，“愉快”一词就会失去意义。耐心镇静地接受世事变迁，是最好的处事之道。

荣格

我相信修指甲。我相信盛装打扮。我相信在闲暇时打扮和涂口红。我相信粉红色。我相信笑是最好的减肥方法。我相信亲吻，多多地亲吻。我相信当一切似乎都不顺时，要坚强。我相信快乐的女孩是最美的女孩。我相信明天又是新的一天，我相信奇迹。

I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipstick. I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

奥黛丽·赫本

因此，自爱是行动的必要原则。

Self-love， then， is a necessary principle of action.

约瑟夫·巴特勒

活着就是留下痕迹，而诗歌是所有痕迹中最持久的

To live is to leave traces, and poetry is the most enduring of them all.

安赫尔·冈萨雷斯