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.

凡是做学问，必须从各个方面都理解透彻，还要更进一步深入理解内在的道理。

美德比恶行更令人畏惧，因为它的过度不受良心的约束。

The most important victories are the ones that come after the toughest defeats.

I'm more interested in the process than the result.

"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it."

没有人喜欢孤独，只是不想勉强交朋友，要真那么做的话，恐怕只会失望而已。

过去总是在倾听，等待我们转身，以便在我们耳边低语。

释义：男女都守持正固（坚持正确的、忠诚不改变），是天地间的大道。家人中有严君，严君是对父母的称谓。父亲遵守父道，儿子遵守子道，兄遵兄道，弟遵弟道，丈夫守夫道，妻子遵守妇道，则家道正固；家道正固则天下就会安定。