"We are all prisoners of our own making, trapped by the stories we tell ourselves."
我们都是自己制造的囚徒，被我们讲给自己的故事所困。
Survival is not about being fearless. It's about making a decision, getting on and doing it, because you have to.
贪心不知足易招侮辱，不如节俭而守廉洁之气。求取功名而冒犯节义，不如节俭而成全节义。巧取豪夺而致积怨，不如节俭而养心性。放纵自己满足欲望，不如节俭而安定性情。
The most important skill for an empirical researcher is not math, but judgment.