子贡说：“贫穷却不阿谀奉承，富贵却不狂妄自大，怎样？”孔子说：“可以。不如穷得有志气，富得有涵养的人。”子贡说：“修养的完善，如同玉器的加工：切了再磋，琢了再磨，对吧？”孔子说：“子贡啊，现在可以与你谈诗了。说到过去，你就知道未来。”

我不是那种因为成功就快乐的人。

I think that the most important thing is to be honest with yourself and with the audience.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

When I got to 40 or so... I had the sense when I looked back over my life I would actually see a mess of decisions， a few of which I had thought about， some of which I had sort of stumbled on， and many that I had no control over whatsoever.

能够达到仁的境界为最好，如果在各方面达不到仁的境界，怎么能算得上是有智慧的人呢？