和平是最高的善，因为它是心灵与其本性最完全一致的状态。

The best leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants and associates smarter than they are.

翻译：胸怀宽容才能成就大德，懂得忍耐才能促成大事，包容与忍耐不是懦弱，而是格局。

Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.

最好的决策是结合数据和直觉做出的。

The database is the most important piece of software in the enterprise, and the most important piece of software in the enterprise is the database. The database is the foundation of all applications. The database is the heart of the application, and the application is the heart of the business. The key to performance is to keep the hot data in memory. The future of databases is in the cloud. Data is the new oil. It's valuable, but if unrefined it cannot really be used. It has to be changed into gas, plastic, chemicals, etc to create a valuable entity that drives profitable activity; so must data be broken down, analyzed for it to have value. The most important thing in the programming language is the name. A language will not succeed without a good name. I have recently invented a very good name and now I am looking for a suitable language. The best way to predict the future is to invent it. The most important thing in a database is the data model. If you get the data model right, everything else will follow. The database is the most important piece of software in the enterprise, and the most important piece of software in the enterprise is the database. The database is the foundation of all applications. The database is the heart of the application, and the application is the heart of the business. The key to performance is to keep the hot data in memory. The future of databases is in the cloud.

True loneliness is not being alone, but feeling lonely in a crowd.