The statesman， who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals， would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention but assume an authority which could safely be trusted， not only to no single person， but to no council or senate whatever， and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.

贪图未必成功的事业，不如坚守已成的事业。

“预测未来的最好方法是创造它。”

Long-termism isn't repeating one big right thing, but persistently improving small things.

你的工作将占据你生活的大部分，唯一真正获得满足的方法是做你认为伟大的工作。

If a doctrine is not unintelligible, it has to be vague; and if neither unintelligible nor vague, it has to be unverifiable.

我不是来平庸的，我是来惊艳的。