To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

We are not separate observers of the universe, but active participants in its unfolding.

The quality of an organization's ethics determines the quality of its reputation.

The great question which, in all ages, has disturbed mankind, and brought on them the greatest part of their mischiefs, has been, not whether there be power in the world, nor whence it came, but who should have it.

译文：求全责备之心，可以用在自我的修身养性上，不能用在待人接物上；知足常乐的心态，可以用在各种处境的时候，不能用在读书学习上。赏析：严以律己，宽以待人，是做人的根本，是远离祸患的根本。读书学习，我们不能安于现状，要有进取精神。在为人处世时，我们索取无度，贪得无厌，就会自食恶果。