Every mental state exists for a purpose; to understand it, we must ask what function it serves in the broader system of behavior.

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

The individual is the only reality. The further we move away from the individual, the more abstract and unreal we become.

If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren’t willing to do.

做大事和做小事的难易程度是一样的。所以要选择一个值得追求的宏伟目标，让回报与你的努力相匹配。

如果自己道德高尚，就不会被外界不正的东西所迷惑。

每个故事都是一颗种子。种下它，看着它成长。

我们必定是朝着自己的目标有意识地走了一部分路程，然后在不知不觉中一跃而取得了成功。我们做得最好或最完美的事情，都以经长时间反复练习得到充分掌握为前提，最终在不经意中像树上飘落的树叶一般降临到我们头上。我们最后要做的都在无意识之中完成了。