雷声前的闪电是灾难前警告的常见象征。
The lightning that precedes the thunder is a common image of the warnings that come before calamity.
Consciousness is the theater where the drama of adaptation is played out.
The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.
译文：待人处世柔软能立身，过于刚强能惹灾祸。赏析：人过刚则易折，过柔则易弯。柔弱不是懦弱，是对世事的利害把控。人过于刚强，就会处处破壁。我们要把握好刚与柔的尺度，过于柔弱就会受人欺负，过于刚强就会招致祸患。
如果一个人已经觉悟，他就是那唯一的存在，且一直都是。他无法描述那种状态，他只能成为那样。
真正的进步不仅仅以产量衡量，更以我们创造的积极影响来衡量。