When you are young, you think that the world is a place where you can live as you choose. But as you get older, you realize that the world is a place where you have to live as you must.
年轻时，你以为世界是一个可以随心所欲生活的地方。但随着年龄增长，你意识到世界是一个你必须按照必须的方式生活的地方。
The power elite is composed of men whose positions enable them to transcend the ordinary environments of ordinary men and women; they are in positions to make decisions having major consequences.
The most remarkable development of the last quarter of the twentieth century has been the revelation of enormous weaknesses at the core of the world's seemingly strong dictatorships.
The beauty of mathematics is that it is so simple yet so powerful.
"To paint is to pray with colors."
人类心智的结构更适合更新世而非现代世界。
企业的目标不仅仅是赚钱，而是要有所作为。
Technology alone won't save our seas; it takes commitment from every stakeholder.
I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life. To put to rout all that was not life. And not, when I had come to die, discover that I had not lived.
The key to success is to anticipate market trends and act decisively.