The historian must have some kinship with his subject. The dead will not speak unless they are properly addressed.

心灵不是需要填满的容器，而是需要点燃的火炬。

译文：修性养心最好的方式就是少些欲望，培养廉洁的美德最好的方式就是不要心存贪念。赏析：人的欲望太多，贪念过盛，一旦无法满足，就会伤身费神。守身必谨严，养心须淡泊。为了追逐名利，有的人忘乎所以，最终走上违法犯罪的道路。

Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis.

学习的最佳方式是教授。

'Jeff, what does Day 2 look like?' 'Day 2 is stasis. Followed by irrelevance. Followed by excruciating, painful decline. Followed by death. And that is why it is always Day 1.' To be sure, this kind of decline would happen in extreme slow motion. An established company might harvest Day 2 for decades, but the final result would still come.

"Success is not about being the smartest person in the room; it's about bringing out the best in others."

"Writing is the closest thing we have to magic."

最大的满足是知道你已全力以赴。