Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of real education

The database is the most important piece of software in the enterprise, and the most important piece of software in the enterprise is the database. The database is the foundation of all applications. The database is the heart of the application, and the application is the heart of the business. The key to performance is to keep the hot data in memory. The future of databases is in the cloud. Data is the new oil. It's valuable, but if unrefined it cannot really be used. It has to be changed into gas, plastic, chemicals, etc to create a valuable entity that drives profitable activity; so must data be broken down, analyzed for it to have value.

Mental processes are tools for living, and their worth is in their use.

做出伟大工作的唯一方法就是热爱你所做的事。

"The best stories are the ones that make you feel empowered."

The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we are, in some ways we're not.

如果谋虑不到，那么就根据过去推知未来（主要强调凭借经验），根据明显的事推知隐微的事。像这样谋虑，那么所谋必得（成功）。