The most important property of a program is whether it accomplishes the intention of its user.

只知道自己的一面的人对那面了解甚微。

艺术是一种理解世界的方式。

Great leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.

真相很少是纯粹的，也从来不是简单的。

At that age， I'd take any excuse to make estimates and do minor arithmetic. I'd calculate our gas mileage -- figure out useless statistics on things like grocery spending. I'd been hearing an ad campaign about smoking. I can't remember the details， but basically the ad said， every puff of a cigarette takes some number of minutes off of your life: I think it might have been two minutes per puff. At any rate， I decided to do the math for my grandmother. I estimated the number of cigarettes per days， estimated the number of puffs per cigarette and so on. When I was satisfied that I'd come up with a reasonable number， I poked my head into the front of the car， tapped my grandmother on the shoulder， and proudly proclaimed， "At two minutes per puff， you've taken nine years off your life！"

【译文】 孔子说：“我不是天生就有学问的，只是个喜欢读书、勤奋敏捷地追求知识的人。”