The time to start picking your family is now.

我很喜欢圣奥古斯丁在“上帝之城”里的一句话，他说“以社会地位评价人是一种罪”。用现在的口吻说，看一个人的名片来决定你是否要和他交谈是罪。对圣奥古斯丁来说，人的价值不在他的社会地位，只有神可以决定一个人的价值，他将在天使围绕、小号奏鸣，天空破开的世界末日给于最后审判，如果你是像我一样的世俗论者，这想法太疯狂了，但这想法有它的价值。

I'm drawn to a lovely quote by St. Augustine in "The City of God," where he says, "It's a sin to judge any man by his post." In modern English that would mean it's a sinto come to any view of who you should talk to, dependent on their business card. It's not the post that should count. According to St. Augustine, only God can really put everybody in their place; he's going to do that on the Day of Judgment, with angels and trumpets, and the skies will open. Insane idea, if you're a secularist person, like me. But something very valuable in that idea, nevertheless.

阿兰·德波顿

过去是一桶灰烬。

The past is a bucket of ashes.

王安忆

When the mind that is subtle goes out through the brain and the sense-organs, the gross names and forms appear; when it stays in the heart, the names and forms disappear.

当微妙的心智通过大脑和感官向外时，粗糙的名称和形式就出现了；当它停留在心中时，名称和形式就消失了。

拉玛那·马哈希

决定我们是否富有的，不是拥有的东西，而是没有也可以的东西。

康德

一旦你对自己有了清醒的认识和理解，记住你是谁，并且保持住。我有时还会迷失，感情用事，或者做自己不擅长的事。当回首往昔，我真想踢自己，让自己对自己诚实。例如，我投资的时候，有时会跟着感觉走。我经常后悔，自己没有坚守住自己最擅长的领地，无论是投资，还是做别的。

吉姆·罗杰斯

我喜欢深存感恩之心又独自远行的女人。知道谢父母，却不盲从。知道谢天地，却不畏惧。知道谢自己，却不自恋。知道谢朋友，却不依赖。知道谢每一粒种子每一缕清风，也知道要早起播种和御风而行。